EVENTS
October 1, 2021
160th Anniversary of the Jerry Rescue
October 23, 2021
Madison County Anti-Racism Collaborative
** POSTPONED UNTIL MAY 14, 2022**
Smithfield Community Center
New Date: Saturday , May 14, 2022
-Presentations of anti-racism efforts in county, region, state, and nationally.
-Launch of Power of Pens Campaigns
-Announcement of Madison County Teen Abolitionists
-Introduction of interactive abolitionist self-assessment
November 7, 2021
Peterboro Mercantile Re-Opens
Gerrit Smith Estate Visitors Center
Sunday, November 7, 2021 @ 2 pm
December 31, 2021
Annual Watch Night for Emancipation
Where: National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
5525 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro 13134
Join us in commemorating Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, issued January 1, 1863. Details and events TBA.
Admission is free
2022
May 14, 2022
Madison County Anti-Racism Collaborative
Smithfield Community Center
New Date: Saturday , May 14, 2022
-Presentations of anti-racism efforts in county, region, state, and nationally.
-Launch of Power of Pens Campaigns
-Announcement of Madison County Teen Abolitionists
-Introduction of interactive abolitionist self-assessment
September 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