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When I started working at LHHS almost three years ago, I was charged by our former director with finding the histories of our site that had been either forgotten or laid aside for too long. One of those histories was that of Sen.

At the age of 83, Amanda Preston sat down in her home in Madison, Indiana and recounted her experiences of enslavement to the WPA.

Out of the many dresses in Liberty Hall’s collection, there is none more intriguing than this cream chiffon and lace evening gown. Around the waist there is a pink satin sash with a pink sequin buckle at the front and a bow at the back.