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The tour, under development in 2025, aims to provide a rich and diverse view of the history of the lost neighborhood between Walnut and Forster Streets.\r\nThe tour may be easily walked by parking anywhere near the State Capitol grounds and jumping in at any point. \r\nTo learn more about the Old Eighth Ward, browse the <a href=https://digitalharrisburg.com/eighthward/ target=\"_blank\">Old Eighth Ward Resource Collection</a> at Digital Harrisburg.  </p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/fullsize/8a27046bd496313b0e90a8c31c9199c4.jpg","items":[{"id":31,"title":"The Wagner Family Bakery","latitude":40.26724200000000308818925986997783184051513671875,"longitude":-76.8766992000000044527041609399020671844482421875,"thumbnail":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/square_thumbnails/8a27046bd496313b0e90a8c31c9199c4.jpg","fullsize":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/fullsize/8a27046bd496313b0e90a8c31c9199c4.jpg","subtitle":"Bakeries, Confectioneries, and Immigrant Life in Harrisburg","address":"511 State Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":8,"title":"Harrisburg's Role in the Underground Railroad","latitude":40.26314698978219297487157746218144893646240234375,"longitude":-76.88107967376708984375,"thumbnail":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/square_thumbnails/7989c78a5857fb741d76fa00e73c13a3.jpg","fullsize":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/fullsize/7989c78a5857fb741d76fa00e73c13a3.jpg","subtitle":"The Heart of the Central Route","address":"418-400 Walnut St, Harrisburg, PA 17125","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":5,"title":"Douglass at the Dauphin County Courthouse","latitude":40.26313969823028315886404016055166721343994140625,"longitude":-76.881141364574432373046875,"thumbnail":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/square_thumbnails/8a578acf7a88b765227c3d3851141026.jpg","fullsize":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/fullsize/8a578acf7a88b765227c3d3851141026.jpg","subtitle":"Abolition and Violence in the State Capital","address":"304 Market St, Harrisburg, PA 17101","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":11,"title":"The US Colored Troops Grand Review","latitude":40.26540746089961686493552406318485736846923828125,"longitude":-76.879934370517730712890625,"thumbnail":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/square_thumbnails/b48402a41d588662aaed976bb2e7e0b3.jpg","fullsize":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/fullsize/b48402a41d588662aaed976bb2e7e0b3.jpg","subtitle":"Harrisburg Welcomes Home the Black Veterans of the Civil War","address":"632 South Dr, Harrisburg PA 17120","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":3,"title":"Harrisburg's African Methodist Episcopal Churches","latitude":40.264495340183913185683195479214191436767578125,"longitude":-76.88135139864760958516853861510753631591796875,"thumbnail":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/square_thumbnails/9448317b18fa8ff935d4157d3f4d961e.jpg","fullsize":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/fullsize/9448317b18fa8ff935d4157d3f4d961e.jpg","subtitle":"The Road to Emancipation","address":"500 Walnut St, Harrisburg, PA 17120","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":4,"title":"The Lincoln Street School","latitude":40.2657619198663070392285590060055255889892578125,"longitude":-76.882302761077880859375,"thumbnail":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/square_thumbnails/e11d19d15b7995eef6808f61be58b63a.jpg","fullsize":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/fullsize/e11d19d15b7995eef6808f61be58b63a.jpg","subtitle":"Educational Inequity and Reform during the Nineteenth Century","address":"400 Commonwealth Ave, Harrisburg, PA 17125","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":15,"title":"Black Politics and City Beautiful","latitude":40.2651036557239052626755437813699245452880859375,"longitude":-76.8820345401763916015625,"thumbnail":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/square_thumbnails/e4b3b21d149e137327393a2c9dd00a8a.jpg","fullsize":"https://www.harrisburghistorical.org/files/fullsize/e4b3b21d149e137327393a2c9dd00a8a.jpg","subtitle":"Dr. William H.C. 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