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Gerrit Smith Estate

Peterboro Emancipation Day Events Postponed to 2021

August 9, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Emancipation Day Processional to the Peterboro CemeteryThe 2020 Peterboro Emancipation Day planned for August 1st, 2020 has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 7th, 2021 at the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark.

The event will begin at 10 at The Barn on the Gerrit Smith Estate. After the morning assembly, songs, announcements, and the annual group photo, a processional to the Peterboro Cemetery will carry wreaths to lay on the grave of a person who was born enslaved, and died free. [Read more…] about Peterboro Emancipation Day Events Postponed to 2021

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Abolition, Emancipation Days, Gerrit Smith Estate, Peterboro, Slavery

Madison Co Prepares for Women’s Suffrage Centennial

February 27, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Harriet Tubman by Joseph FloresThe Nineteenth Amendment (the right of citizens of the United State to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation) was passed by the House of Representatives on May 21, 1919 after its initial introduction in 1878. The Senate passed the Amendment on June 4, 1919. The 36th state needed for ratification did so on August 18, 2020, and the amendment was officially ratified on August 26, 2020. In 1973 Congress designated August 26 as Women’s Equality Day. [Read more…] about Madison Co Prepares for Women’s Suffrage Centennial

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Gerrit Smith Estate, National Abolition Hall of Fame, Peterboro, Political History, Suffrage Movement, Women's History Month, womens history

Harriet Tubman A Focus in Peterboro August 3rd

July 25, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Harriet Tubman by Joseph FloresThe Tenth Annual Peterboro Emancipation Days have been set for August 3rd, at 9:30 am, at the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark, 5304 Oxbow Road in Peterboro.

Interior and exterior exhibits will be open including information on black freedom seekers who passed through Peterboro on their way to Canada, who stayed in Peterboro for lifetimes, who lived in Peterboro while working in the abolition movement, who served in the Civil War, and who came for an education at the Manual Labor School. There are also exhibits on the Underground Railroad, Gerrit Smith, and Greene Smith. [Read more…] about Harriet Tubman A Focus in Peterboro August 3rd

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Black History, Emancipation Days, Gerrit Smith Estate, Peterboro, Slavery, Underground Railroad

Broome County Gravestone Will Honor Freed Slave Emily Russell Hill

July 24, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Gerrit and Ann Smiths home in PeterboroA gravestone for Emily Russell Hill is set to be installed at the Upper Lisle Cemetery, Route 26, in the Town of Triangle, Broome County on Sunday, August 4th, at 12:30 pm. Emily Russell was born enslaved in 1828 in Kentucky, the daughter of Samuel and Harriet (Sims) Russell. [Read more…] about Broome County Gravestone Will Honor Freed Slave Emily Russell Hill

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Black History, Gerrit Smith Estate, Slavery

The Underground Railroad Escape of Harriet Powel

July 22, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Gerrit and Ann Smiths home in PeterboroThe Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark is set to hold a presentation on three African-American women who escaped slavery on the Underground Railroad: Harriet Powel, Harriet Russell, and Harriet Tubman, on Saturday, August 3rd, beginning at 1:15 pm. This event coincides with the Tenth Annual Peterboro Emancipation Days, being held on August 3rd and 4th. [Read more…] about The Underground Railroad Escape of Harriet Powel

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Black History, Emancipation Days, Gerrit Smith Estate, Peterboro, Slavery, Underground Railroad

10th Annual Peterboro Emancipation Days Set For August

June 16, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Emancipation Day Processional to the Peterboro CemeteryThe Tenth Annual Peterboro Emancipation Days, commemorating the 19th century emancipation, has been set for Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4, 2019. [Read more…] about 10th Annual Peterboro Emancipation Days Set For August

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Emancipation Days, Gerrit Smith Estate, Peterboro

Play Highlights 1839 Escape of Enslaved Woman

June 12, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Reward Poster Courtesy Onondaga Historical AssociationThe drama Possessing Harriet that debuted at Syracuse Stage in October 2018 will be presented at the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark on July 13th, 2019. [Read more…] about Play Highlights 1839 Escape of Enslaved Woman

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Black History, Gerrit Smith Estate, Peterboro, Slavery, Theatre

Ann Smith of Peterboro Added to Maryland Memorial

June 10, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ann Smiths Dedication PlaqueAnn Carroll Fitzhugh Smith of Peterboro, NY, was inducted into the Circle of Achievement at Memorial Park in Hagerstown MD on Saturday, May 18, 2019. [Read more…] about Ann Smith of Peterboro Added to Maryland Memorial

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Gerrit Smith Estate, Historic Preservation, Peterboro

Peterboro Preservation Workshop on Windows and Exteriors

April 25, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Kurt RiegelIn observance of Preservation Month, the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark in Peterboro will be providing two workshops on Saturday, May 11th, 2019 from 1 to 2:30 pm, and 2:30 to 4 pm, at the Land Office (circa 1804) on the Gerrit Smith Estate. [Read more…] about Peterboro Preservation Workshop on Windows and Exteriors

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Gerrit Smith Estate, Historic Preservation, Peterboro

Abolitionist Gerrit Smith and a Playwright’s Journey

February 25, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Kyle Bass by Brenna MerrittKyle Bass, the playwright of Possessing Harriet, is set to present Inventing Gerrit Smith: A Playwright’s Journey, for the annual recognition of abolitionist Gerrit Smith’s birth in 1797, on Saturday, March 2nd at 1 pm at the Smithfield Community Center, 5255 Pleasant Valley Road in Peterboro, NY. [Read more…] about Abolitionist Gerrit Smith and a Playwright’s Journey

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Gerrit Smith Estate, Peterboro

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