History, Natural History & the Arts
VoteTilla set out from Seneca Falls on July 17 at 10 am, traveling the Erie Canal towards its first landing at Clyde, NY at 3:45 pm.
Scheduled events in Clyde included an official welcome from local dignitaries and a Community Picnic with a Bluegrass Band and VoteTilla Reenactors performing “Roots of Social Reform.” [Read more…] about Suffrage Centennial: Erie Canal VoteTilla Launches
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House has received a $75,000 grant for VoteTilla, a week-long navigational celebration which will take place along the Erie Canal from July 16-22, 2017.
The event is in honor of the New York state women’s suffrage centennial and is a reminder of the work and cooperation required to secure the vote for women. [Read more…] about VoteTilla Flotilla To Mark Suffrage Centennial
The National Susan B Anthony Museum & House has begun plans to commemorate the centennial of woman suffrage in New York State in 2017.
VoteTilla – a weeklong navigational celebration – will take place along the Erie Canal from July 16 – 22, 2017. A core group of canal boats will set out from Seneca Falls and travel to Rochester, with a concluding celebration at the Anthony Museum on Madison Street. [Read more…] about Erie Canal Flotilla to Mark Suffrage Centennial