Black & Red Gala Celebrates Susan B. Anthony's 200th Birthday
As the birthplace of Susan B. Anthony, the town of Adams has big plans for the suffrage centennial.
Susan B. Anthony descendants Eric and Patricia Anthony with Cassandra Peltier, director of the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, and Baraq Polston
The year 2020 marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed all American women the right to vote. You’ve likely already seen a handful of lectures, art exhibits and other events celebrating the occasion, and you’re likely to see a lot more, ramping up to the actual ratification date of August 18. But one of the most all-encompassing celebrations will be in Adams, Mass., the town where famous suffragette Susan B. Anthony was born. The town’s year-long celebration of suffrage kicked off on Saturday, Feb. 15 — on what would have been Anthony’s 200th birthday — with the Black & Red Gala, held at the Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield. For its future events, the Adams Suffrage Centennial Committee has partnered with Ventfort Hall, Berkshire Scenic Railway, local libraries, Images Cinema and the town's own Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Musuem for lectures, performances, screenings and “Cruisin’ with Susan” bicycle events. The fun will culminate on ratification weekend, August 21-23, with three days of music (including a performance by Whiskey Treaty Roadshow), a food truck festival, an ice cream social, a parade, a fireworks display, and the unveiling of a commissioned statue of Anthony on the town common.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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