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2010 Schedule of Events

July 16 – July 18, 2010

Votes for Women: 90 Years Later

This year’s schedule of events:

Friday, July 16th
All Day Votes for Women Exhibit, National Women’s Hall of Fame, 76 Fall Street 
5:00pm – 6:30pm Community Service Award Presentation honoring Becky & Herb Holden, Seneca Falls Historical Society, 55 Cayuga Street
7:00pm Seneca Falls Community Band Concert, People’s Park
7:30pm The Women’s Interfaith Institute Presents Reverend Allison Stokes, “Drawing Inspiration from our Pioneering Foremothers – from the first Women’s Rights Convention (1848 in Seneca Falls) to the first Parliament of World’s Religions (1893 in Chicago),” Trinity Episcopal Church, Fall Street at Trinity Lane
   
Saturday, July 17th
All Day Votes for Women Exhibit, National Women’s Hall of Fame, 76 Fall Street
All Day Join historical portrait painter Katherine Pfeffer Pross for discussions about her work, including the continuous struggle for  women's equal rights, Bloomers Gallery, 81-83 Fall Street
10:00am Annual Commemorative Procession, from the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House (32 Washington Street) to the First Presbyterian Church (23 Cayuga Street) Elizabeth Cady Stanton House (23 Washington Street) 
10:30am Children’s Program, Women’s Rights National Historical Park Visitor Center, 136 Fall Street
11:00am The National Women’s Hall of Fame Presents 2009 Inductee and Keynoter Karen DeCrow, "The Woman's Vote, "First Presbyterian Church, 23 Cayuga Street
11:30am Ranger Guided Walking Tour, "In Stanton's Footsteps," begins at the Women's Rights National Historical Park Visitor Center, 136 Fall Street
1:30pm Guest Lecturer, Sharon Harris, Ph.D., from the University of Connecticut will discuss her new book, Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832-1919, Women's Rights National Historical Park Visitor Center Theater, 136 Fall Street. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
2:00pm Endorsement of the Declaration of Sentiments, First Presbyterian Church, 23 Cayuga Street
2:30pm Panel Discussion, “The 19th Amendment, 90 Years Later,” First Presbyterian Church, 23 Cayuga Street
3:00pm Children’s Program, Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street
4:00pm Encore Presentation of Ranger Guided Walking Tour, “In Stanton’s Footsteps, begins at the Women's Rights National Historical Park Visitor Center, 136 Fall Street
4:00pm - 6:00pm Historical readings with cooling refreshments provided by the Finger Lakes Chapter of the Friends of Women’s Rights National Historical Park. Visitors are invited to participate in the readings, Women’s Rights National Historical Park Visitor Center, 136 Fall Street
   
Sunday, July 18th
All Day Votes for Women Exhibit, National Women’s Hall of Fame, 76 Fall Street
9:00am Reflections, A non-denominational Sunday service officiated by Reverend Allsion Stokes with special guest, 1994 NWHF Inductee, Reverend Betty Bone Schiess. Join us on the banks of the historic Erie Canal, People's Park. Rain location, Seneca Falls Community Center, 35 Water Street
10:30am Illustrated Program by Park Ranger Andrea DeKoter, Women's Rights National Historical Park Visitor Center Theater, 136 Fall Street
11:30am Children’s Program, Women’s Rights National Historical Park Visitor Center Theater, 136 Fall Street
12:00pm Ice Cream Social & Picnic, featuring handmade ice creams from the Cayuga Creamery and grilled selections from Seneca Falls Rotary Club, District 7120, People's Park
12:30pm Womanspeak, a reader’s theatre presentation, People's Park
1:00pm “A Quaker Perspective,” Park Ranger Jamie Wolfe and Park Volunteer Helen Kirker will discuss the Quaker influence on the organizers of the first Women’s Rights Convention, Women’s Rights National Historical Park Visitor Center Theater, 136 Fall Street
1:30pm Seneca Singers, People's Park
2:00pm Ladies Vintage Base Ball Game, come play ball with Miss Porter’s Ladies Base Ball Club and The Brooks Grove Belles from Genesee Country Village & Museum, People's Park
3:00pm Children’s Program, Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street

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Original photograph of statues and Trinity Church courtesy of Linda Solan.