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The Detroit City Council is looking to incorporate the Detroit River into a list of World Heritage sites along the Great Wall of China, Stonehenge and Yellowstone National Park.
Local activists in Detroit and Windsor are pushing the United Nations Educational and Scientific Culture Organization to the local monument.
Activists from the Detroit River Project have called on the UN to make the river a World Heritage Site.
The organization has two dozen sites in the United States and more than 1000 sites worldwide.
Councilman Fred Durhal III says the Detroit River is the cornerstone of the city.
“It’s also the gateway for generations of African Americans who came here and gained freedom through the Underground Railroad,” he said. “The Underground Railroad is the first multiracial, multicultural monument of civil rights in america. “
Detroit River Project officials say the river would be eligible for popularity through 2027.
In addition to calling for recognition from the UN, the solution pledged to mark World Heritage Day on April 19.
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