Freedom Crossing Monument (Lewiston, New York) Ater, Renée 1965- Creator Geissler, Susan 1953- sculptor images photographs The monument consists of five bronze sculptures. The subjects are a family of freedom seekers including a father, mother and baby; Lewiston's Underground Railroad Station Master, Josiah Tryon; and the fictional heroine, Laura Eastman, from the Freedom Crossing book. A rowboat is at the center of the composition with the mother seated in the boat as Tryon hands her the baby. Two figures stand on rock meant to suggest the banks of the lower Niagara River. Back view of the Freedom Crossing Monuments showing a family of freedom seekers with Lewiston's Station Master, Josiah Tryon; and the fictional heroine, Laura Eastman, from the Freedom Crossing book. Freedom Crossing Monument (Lewiston, New York), Brown University Library October 14, 2009 2009-10-14 Lewiston (N.Y.) CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Collection is open for research. freedom-crossing-monument-2019 Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)