
Dedicated in 2012 by the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation, the National Park Service and sculptor Harry Weber, this statue of Dred and Harriet Scott honors their fight for their family's freedom. Their fight began in 1846 here at the Old Courthouse when Dred and Harriet began their long legal battle for their rights. Their case began here, but over the course of eleven years it made its way to the Supreme Court where the final verdict helped push the country to civil war. The Scott family didn’t find the freedom they sought through the legal challenge, but their courage and determination in filling this case helped bring about freedom from enslavement for all Americans.
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Itineraries across USA

Acadia

Arches National Park

Badlands

Big Bend

Biscayne

Black Canyon Of The Gunnison

Bryce Canyon

Canyonlands

Capitol Reef

Carlsbad Caverns

Channel Islands

Congaree

Crater Lake

Cuyahoga Valley

Death Valley

Dry Tortugas

Everglades

Gateway Arch

Glacier

Grand Canyon

Grand Teton

Great Basin

Great Smoky Mountains

Guadalupe Mountains

Haleakalā

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes

Hot Springs

Indiana Dunes

Isle Royale

Joshua Tree

Kenai Fjords

Kobuk Valley

Lassen Volcanic

Mammoth Cave

Mesa Verde

Mount Rainier

North Cascades

Olympic

Petrified Forest

Pinnacles

Rocky Mountain

Saguaro

Shenandoah

Theodore Roosevelt

Virgin Islands

Voyageurs

White Sands

Wind Cave

Yellowstone

Yosemite

Zion