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Peterboro

Historic Building Housing Abolition Hall of Fame Marking 200 Years

October 9, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Smithfield Community CenterBuilt as a Presbyterian Church in 1820, the 200 year-old Smithfield Community Center has also served as a school, and currently as the town municipal building and the home of the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum.

In 1835 the structure was the site of the inaugural meeting of the New York State Antislavery Society. [Read more…] about Historic Building Housing Abolition Hall of Fame Marking 200 Years

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Abolition Hall of Fame, Peterboro

Ringing Bells for Equality Day August 26th

August 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Smithfield Community CenterThe Smithfield Community Association (SCA) in Peterboro, Madison County, NY, is set to ring the bell in the tower of the Smithfield Community Center (SCC) nineteen times on Wednesday, August 26th, to celebrate the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The Nineteenth Amendment stated that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged…on account of sex.” The Peterboro United Methodist Church bell will join the SCC bell ringing. [Read more…] about Ringing Bells for Equality Day August 26th

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Equality Day, Peterboro, Political History, Suffrage Movement, womens history

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

Peterboro Announces Black History Programs

February 13, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Emancipation Day wreath layingPeterboro Heritage NY sites have announced Black History programs celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which was ratified February 3, 1870 stating The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. [Read more…] about Peterboro Announces Black History Programs

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: African American History, Black History, Peterboro

Watch Night Commemorates Emancipation Proclamation

December 26, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Emancipation Readers Watch Night

President Abraham Lincoln presented his first draft of his Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet for critique and revision on July 22, 1862. Lincoln’s next submission of his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was presented again to his Cabinet on September 22, 1862 announcing that in one hundred days the federal government would free all enslaved people in the states rebelling against the Union. [Read more…] about Watch Night Commemorates Emancipation Proclamation

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

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

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

Harriet Russell’s Journey From Slavery to New York

July 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Harriet Russel GraveThe Tenth Annual Peterboro Emancipation Day, set for Saturday, August 3rd, is set to recognize three women of color important to Underground Railroad history in Peterboro, at the Smithfield Community Center, 5255 Pleasant Valley, Peterboro. [Read more…] about Harriet Russell’s Journey From Slavery to New York

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

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

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