Events
02/16/20
Annual Commemoration of Black History Month
Guest speaker is Mr Alden "Max" Smith,
former councilman and former mayor of Oneida.
3:00 PM
Peterboro United Methodist Church
06/12/20
Living History Day
Peterboro NY Area middle-schools attend interpretive stations on the Estate. Advance reservations required.
Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark
06/13/20
Peterboro Freedom Festival
A celebration of our rich history in the cause for equal rights.
Music, food, museums, exhibits and more.
Gerrit Smith Estate
07/04/20
Suffrage Parade in Hamilton, NY
100 Marchers for 100 Years
Presented by Melina Grube.
Advance registration required.
08/01/20
11th Annual Peterboro Emancipation Day
08/26/20
Equality Day
09/26/20
Bloomer Tea
What I (Elizabeth Smith Miller) learned in Peterboro
The keynote speaker Leigh Fought PhD, Lemoyne College Department of History, speaking on her prize-winning book Women in the World of Frederick Douglass.
Smithfield Community Center
09/27/20
200th Anniversary of the Smithfield Community Center
On September 27 the Smithfield Community Association will launch the Celebration of the 200th year anniversary of the Smithfield Community Center, the location of the inaugural meeting of the New York State Antislavery Society in 1835. The building is also on the state Underground Railroad Trail.
10/24/20
National Abolition Hall of Fame
Induction Dinner
Keynote by Norman K. Dann PhD:
How the Abolition Movement Launched the Women's Movement
Smithfield Community Center
Advance registration suggested.
10/26/20
National Abolition Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony
NAHOF will induct three 19th Century antislavery activists: Robert Everett, Calvin Fairbank, and Stephen Myers.
Smithfield Community Center
12/31/20
Watch Night
In commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln January 1, 1863