Peterboro EVENTS
Saturday May 1, 2021
2 pm ~ 4 pm
Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark
5304 Oxbow Road
Peterboro NY 13134
www.gerritsmith.org
info@gerritsmith.org
Free Event!
September 2020 Began a Yearlong Celebration of the Smithfield Community Center Bicentennial
Location of the inaugural meeting of the New York State Antislavery Society in 1835. The building is also on the state Underground Railroad Trail.
On each day in February 2021 a free short “crash course” video will be released.
Presented by The National Abolition Hall Of Fame and Museum
and Upstate Institute at Colgate University
10/22/2021
National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
Welsh Music
Smithfield Community Center
10/23/2021
National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
Induction Ceremonies
1:00 -Symposia
Keynote by Norman K. Dann PhD:
How the Abolition Movement Launched the Women's Movement
Advance registration suggested.
5:00 -Dinner
Reservations Required 315-280-8828
7:00 -Inductions of Robert Everett, Calvin Frank and Stephen Myers
10/24/2021
Florence Farming Settlement
Details TBA
A celebration of our rich history in the cause for equal rights.
Music, food, museums, exhibits and more.
On the grounds of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark
09/24/2022
Bloomer Tea
Postponed two years to Sat. September 24, 2022 which is the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Smith Miller, the advocate for the healthy bloomer.
What I (Elizabeth Smith Miller) learned in Peterboro
Miller’s cousin, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, will be the guest of honor as portrayed by Melinda Grube.
Keynote speaker Leigh Fought PhD, Lemoyne College Department of History, will speak on her prize-winning book Women in the World of Frederick Douglass.
Jody Luce will give a presentation on Fashion History
To Book: info@gerritsmith.org
Smithfield Community Center