Freedom Train – 1947–1949 station stops

This article contains a list of station stops made by the first Freedom Train on its 48-state tour.

## 1947

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### September 1947

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* September 17-September 19 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* September 20 – Atlantic City, New Jersey
* September 21 – Trenton, New Jersey
* September 22 – Elizabeth, New Jersey
* September 23 – Paterson, New Jersey
* September 24-September 26 – New York, New York
* September 27 – Brooklyn, New York
* September 28 – Jamaica, Queens, New York (Long Island)
* September 30 – Van Nest, Bronx, New York (The Bronx)

### October 1947

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* October 1 – Stamford, Connecticut
* October 2 – Bridgeport, Connecticut
* October 3 – Waterbury, Connecticut
* October 4 – Hartford, Connecticut
* October 5 – New Haven, Connecticut
* October 7 – New London, Connecticut
* October 8 – Providence, Rhode Island
* October 9 – Worcester, Massachusetts
* October 10 – Lynn, Massachusetts
* October 11 – Boston, Massachusetts (North Station)
* October 12 – Boston, Massachusetts (South Station)
* October 13 – Rutland, Vermont
* October 15 – Burlington, Vermont
* October 16 – Montpelier, Vermont
* October 18 – Nashua, New Hampshire
* October 19 – Lowell, Massachusetts
* October 20 – Lawrence, Massachusetts
* October 22 – Haverhill, Massachusetts
* October 23 – Dover, New Hampshire
* October 24 – Augusta, Maine
* October 25 – Bangor, Maine
* October 26 – Lewiston, Maine
* October 27 – Manchester, New Hampshire
* October 28 – Fitchburg, Massachusetts
* October 30 – Springfield, Massachusetts
* October 31 – Pittsfield, Massachusetts

### November 1947

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* November 1 – Schenectady, New York
* November 2 – Utica, New York
* November 4 – Rome, New York
* November 5 – Syracuse, New York
* November 6 – Rochester, New York
* November 7 – Buffalo, New York
* November 8 – Elmira, New York
* November 9 – Binghamton, New York
* November 11 – Albany, New York
* November 12 – Scranton, Pennsylvania
* November 13 – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
* November 14 – Williamsport, Pennsylvania
* November 15 – Altoona, Pennsylvania
* November 16 – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
* November 18 – Reading, Pennsylvania
* November 19 – Allentown, Pennsylvania
* November 20 – Chester, Pennsylvania
* November 21 – Wilmington, Delaware
* November 22 – Salisbury, Maryland
* November 23 – Dover, Delaware
* November 25-November 26 – Baltimore, Maryland
* November 27-November 28 – Washington, D.C.
* November 29 – Charlottesville, Virginia
* November 30 – Lynchburg, Virginia

### December 1947

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* December 2 – Roanoke, Virginia
* December 3 – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
* December 4 – Charlotte, North Carolina
* December 5 – Greensboro, North Carolina
* December 6 – Raleigh, North Carolina
* December 7 – Norfolk, Virginia
* December 9 – Richmond, Virginia
* December 10 – Wilmington, North Carolina
* December 11 – Columbia, South Carolina
* December 12 – Spartanburg, South Carolina
* December 13 – Greenville, South Carolina
* December 14 – Augusta, Georgia
* December 16 – Charleston, South Carolina
* December 17 – Savannah, Georgia
* December 18 – Brunswick, Georgia
* December 19 – Jacksonville, Florida
* December 20 – Miami, Florida
* December 21 – Tampa, Florida
* December 22 – Tallahassee, Florida
* December 23 – Pensacola, Florida
* December 26 – Mobile, Alabama
* December 27 – Montgomery, Alabama
* December 28 – Tuscaloosa, Alabama
* December 29 – Columbus, Georgia
* December 31 – Macon, Georgia

## 1948

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### January 1948

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* January 1-January 2 – Atlanta, Georgia
* January 3 – Chattanooga, Tennessee
* January 4 – Nashville, Tennessee
* January 6 – Jackson, Tennessee
* January 7-January 8 – New Orleans, Louisiana
* January 9 – Hattiesburg, Mississippi
* January 10 – Meridian, Mississippi
* January 11 – Jackson, Mississippi
* January 13 – Vicksburg, Mississippi
* January 14 – Monroe, Louisiana
* January 15 – Alexandria, Louisiana
* January 16 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
* January 17 – Shreveport, Louisiana
* January 18 – Texarkana, Arkansas/Texarkana, Texas
* January 19 – Little Rock, Arkansas
* January 21 – Pine Bluff, Arkansas
* January 22 – Fort Smith, Arkansas
* January 23 – Muskogee, Oklahoma
* January 24 – Tulsa, Oklahoma
* January 25 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
* January 27 – Enid, Oklahoma
* January 28 – Ada, Oklahoma
* January 29 – Denison, Texas
* January 30-January 31 – Dallas, Texas

### February 1948

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Susan B. Anthony Club members, Freedom Train, Los Angeles 1948

* February 1 – Fort Worth, Texas
* February 2 – Waco, Texas
* February 3 – Tyler, Texas
* February 4 – Beaumont, Texas
* February 5-February 6 – Houston, Texas
* February 7 – Galveston, Texas
* February 8 – Harlingen, Texas
* February 10 – Corpus Christi, Texas
* February 11 – Austin, Texas
* February 12 – San Antonio, Texas
* February 13 – Del Rio, Texas
* February 14 – El Paso, Texas
* February 15 – Santa Fe, New Mexico
* February 16 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
* February 18 – Douglas, Arizona
* February 19 – Tucson, Arizona
* February 20 – Phoenix, Arizona
* February 21 – Yuma, Arizona
* February 22 – San Diego, California
* February 23-February 26 – Los Angeles, California
* February 27 – Pasadena, California
* February 28 – Long Beach, California
* February 29 – San Bernardino, California

### March 1948

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* March 1-March 8 – the train receives a complete overhaul, including a new coat of paint, at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway shops in San Bernardino.
* March 9 – Riverside, California
* March 10 – Bakersfield, California
* March 11 – Fresno, California
* March 12 – Modesto, California
* March 13 – Stockton, California
* March 14-March 16 – San Francisco, California
* March 17 – Palo Alto, California
* March 18 – San Jose, California
* March 19 – Oakland, California
* March 20 – Sacramento, California
* March 21 – Reno, Nevada
* March 23 – Elko, Nevada
* March 24 – Salt Lake City, Utah
* March 25 – Provo, Utah
* March 26 – Ogden, Utah
* March 27 – Pocatello, Idaho
* March 29 – Boise, Idaho
* March 30 – Walla Walla, Washington
* March 31 – Yakima, Washington

### April 1948

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* April 1-April 2 – Portland, Oregon
* April 3 – Eugene, Oregon
* April 4 – Corvallis, Oregon
* April 6 – Salem, Oregon
* April 7 – Olympia, Washington
* April 8 – Tacoma, Washington
* April 9-April 10 – Seattle, Washington
* April 12 – Wenatchee, Washington
* April 13 – Spokane, Washington
* April 14 – Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
* April 15 – Missoula, Montana
* April 16 – Butte, Montana
* April 17 – Helena, Montana
* April 18 – Great Falls, Montana
* April 20 – Billings, Montana
* April 21 – Sheridan, Wyoming
* April 22 – Rapid City, South Dakota
* April 23 – Pierre, South Dakota
* April 24 – Aberdeen, South Dakota
* April 26 – Bismarck, North Dakota
* April 27 – Minot, North Dakota
* April 28 – Jamestown, North Dakota
* April 29 – Fargo, North Dakota
* April 30 – Grand Forks, North Dakota

### May 1948

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* May 1 – Duluth, Minnesota
* May 2 – Superior, Wisconsin
* May 3-May 4 – St. Paul, Minnesota
* May 5-May 6 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
* May 7 – Brainerd, Minnesota
* May 8 – St. Cloud, Minnesota
* May 10 – Willmar, Minnesota
* May 11 – Watertown, South Dakota
* May 12 – Sioux Falls, South Dakota
* May 13 – Sioux City, Iowa
* May 14-May 15 – Omaha, Nebraska
* May 16 – Lincoln, Nebraska
* May 17 – Grand Island, Nebraska
* May 19 – Alliance, Nebraska
* May 20 – Casper, Wyoming
* May 21 – Cheyenne, Wyoming
* May 22-May 23 – Denver, Colorado
* May 24 – Colorado Springs, Colorado
* May 25 – Pueblo, Colorado
* May 26 – Trinidad, Colorado
* May 27 – Amarillo, Texas
* May 29 – Hutchinson, Kansas
* May 30 – Wichita, Kansas
* May 31 – Emporia, Kansas

### June 1948

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* June 1 – Topeka, Kansas
* June 2 – Lawrence, Kansas
* June 3 – Parsons, Kansas
* June 4 – Joplin, Missouri
* June 5 – Springfield, Missouri
* June 6-June 7 – Kansas City, Missouri
* June 9 – St. Joseph, Missouri
* June 10 – Sedalia, Missouri
* June 11 – Jefferson City, Missouri
* June 12-June 14 – St. Louis, Missouri
* June 15 – Hannibal, Missouri
* June 16 – Quincy, Illinois
* June 17 – Burlington, Iowa
* June 18 – Iowa City, Iowa
* June 19 – Cedar Rapids, Iowa
* June 20 – Des Moines, Iowa
* June 21 – Davenport, Iowa
* June 23 – Rockford, Illinois
* June 24 – Madison, Wisconsin
* June 25 – La Crosse, Wisconsin
* June 26 – Eau Claire, Wisconsin
* June 27 – Wausau, Wisconsin
* June 29 – Green Bay, Wisconsin
* June 30 – Oshkosh, Wisconsin

### July 1948

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* July 1-July 2 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* July 3 – Racine, Wisconsin
* July 4 – Kenosha, Wisconsin
* July 5-July 9 – Chicago, Illinois (Chicago Railroad Fair)
* July 10 – Gary, Indiana
* July 11 – Joliet, Illinois
* July 13 – Peoria, Illinois
* July 14 – Bloomington, Illinois
* July 15 – Kankakee, Illinois
* July 16 – Champaign, Illinois
* July 17 – Decatur, Illinois
* July 18 – Springfield, Illinois
* July 20 – Belleville, Illinois
* July 21 – Cairo, Illinois
* July 22 – Paducah, Kentucky
* July 23 – Evansville, Indiana
* July 24 – Vincennes, Indiana
* July 25 – Terre Haute, Indiana
* July 27 – Danville, Illinois
* July 28 – Logansport, Indiana
* July 29-July 30 – Indianapolis, Indiana
* July 31-August 1 – Louisville, Kentucky

### August 1948

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* August 2 – Bowling Green, Kentucky
* August 3 – Frankfort, Kentucky
* August 4 – Lexington, Kentucky
* August 5 – Ashland, Kentucky
* August 6 – Portsmouth, Ohio
* August 7-August 8 – Cincinnati, Ohio
* August 10 – Muncie, Indiana
* August 11 – Fort Wayne, Indiana
* August 12 – South Bend, Indiana
* August 13 – Kalamazoo, Michigan
* August 14 – Grand Rapids, Michigan
* August 15 – Muskegon, Michigan
* August 17 – Lansing, Michigan
* August 18 – Battle Creek, Michigan
* August 19 – Ann Arbor, Michigan
* August 20-August 22 – Detroit, Michigan
* August 24 – Jackson, Michigan
* August 25 – Flint, Michigan
* August 26 – Saginaw, Michigan
* August 27 – Port Huron, Michigan
* August 28 – Pontiac, Michigan
* August 29 – Dearborn, Michigan
* August 30 – Monroe, Michigan
* August 31 – Toledo, Ohio

### September 1948

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* September 1 – Sandusky, Ohio
* September 2-September 3 – Cleveland, Ohio
* September 4 – Akron, Ohio
* September 5-September 6 – Columbus, Ohio
* September 7 – Dayton, Ohio
* September 8 – Springfield, Ohio
* September 9 – Lima, Ohio
* September 10 – Canton, Ohio
* September 11 – Youngstown, Ohio
* September 12 – Steubenville, Ohio
* September 14 – Wheeling, West Virginia
* September 15-September 17 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* September 18 – Erie, Pennsylvania
* September 19 – Oil City, Pennsylvania
* September 21 – Johnstown, Pennsylvania
* September 22 – Cumberland, Maryland
* September 23 – Parkersburg, West Virginia
* September 24 – Clarksburg, West Virginia
* September 25 – Charleston, West Virginia
* September 26 – Huntington, West Virginia
* September 28 – Bluefield, West Virginia
* September 29 – Bristol, Tennessee
* September 30 – Johnson City, Tennessee

### October 1948

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* October 1 – Kingsport, Tennessee
* October 2 – Knoxville, Tennessee
* October 3 – Oak Ridge, Tennessee
* October 5 – Asheville, North Carolina
* October 6 – Danville, Virginia
* October 7 – Winchester, Virginia
* October 8 – Hagerstown, Maryland
* October 9 – York, Pennsylvania
* October 10 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
* October 11 – Easton, Pennsylvania
* October 12 – Morristown, New Jersey
* October 13-October 14 – Jersey City, New Jersey
* October 15 – Princeton, New Jersey
* October 16-October 17 – Camden, New Jersey
* October 19 – Red Bank, New Jersey
* October 20 – Orange, New Jersey
* October 21 – Montclair, New Jersey
* October 22 – Passaic, New Jersey
* October 23 – Ridgewood, New Jersey
* October 24 – Hackensack, New Jersey
* October 25 – New Brunswick, New Jersey
* October 26 – Havre de Grace, Maryland

## 1949

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### January 1949

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* January 22 – Washington, D.C.

## References

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* Timeline for the 1947-1949 Freedom Train, retrieved December 23, 2004.