Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark
5304 Oxbow Road Peterboro NY 13134 info@gerritsmith.org
INVITES ALL TO
11th Annual Peterboro
EMANCIPATION DAY
Saturday, August 7, 2021
10:00 Announcements, Assembly, History, & Song
As 1920s and 1930s Generations Commemorated the Day
Processional to Annual Laying of Wreaths on Graves
1:30 Black Suffragists presented by Susan Goodier PhD
2:30 Supporting Reparations Through Black Genealogical Research
Presented by Harry Bradshaw Matthews
3:30 Guided Tour of Estate with Norman K. Dann PhD
Emancipation Day is funded in part by Humanities New York
With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Small group entries to The Laundry will be scheduled throughout the day to provide first time viewing of the stabilized building, and to collect ideas for further renovations and future interpretive exhibits of Peterboro family history.
Deli on the Green will be open 10:30 am ~ 8:00 pm 315-684-3131