{"id":82990,"date":"2017-07-22T13:26:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T17:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=82990"},"modified":"2017-07-20T22:29:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T02:29:34","slug":"eighth-annual-peterboro-emancipation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=82990","title":{"rendered":"Eighth annual Peterboro Emancipation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=82991\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-82991\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-82991\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LO-Boulder-300x204.jpg?resize=300%2C204\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LO-Boulder.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LO-Boulder.jpg?resize=150%2C102&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LO-Boulder.jpg?resize=400%2C272&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LO-Boulder.jpg?w=872&amp;ssl=1 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Descendants of fugitives who found refuge in Peterboro in the 19th Century have finalized plans for the eighth annual\u00a0Peterboro Emancipation Day on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. The public is encouraged to join all or parts of the day:<\/p>\n<p>9 am Exhibits Open:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dreaming of Timbuctoo: Last day of exhibit from John Brown Lives project detailing Gerrit Smith\u2019s 40-acre land grants to 3,000 African- American men to assure voting rights.<\/li>\n<li>Equal Rights: Right Here: I LOVE NY\u2019s Summer Equality Campaign A picture frame to show equality\u00a0support<\/li>\n<li>Heaven and Peterboro: Interior and exterior exhibits of African-Americans in 19 th C. Peterboro,<br \/>\nUnderground Railroad, and Smith\u2019s Philanthropy<\/li>\n<li>Peterboro Mercantile: Community Heritage Shop will have National Park Service Passports available with the Network to Freedom passport stamp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>9:30 Registration<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Morning assembly, announcements, group photo replicating 20 th C. Emancipation Day\u00a0Co-Chairs Jim Corpin, Carrie Martin, and Max Smith will update on year\u2019s activities and detail plans for the day.<\/li>\n<li>Homily by Rev. Jermain Wesley Loguen (1813-1872) delivered by actor historian Djed Snead. Loguen was the minister of AME churches in Central New York Procession to Peterboro Cemetery to lay wreaths created by Carrie Martin at the grave of a freedom seeker &amp; Smith.\u00a0Participants can walk or drive behind the wreath carriers.<\/li>\n<li>Tour of Graves of Freedom Seekers Guided by Donna Burdick, Town of Smithfield Historian. Burdick will lead the group to the gravestones of African-Americans and share their histories.<\/li>\n<li>1:00 National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum Exhibits: Banners of Inductees, Chronology of American\u00a0Abolition from Colonial Period to Civil War, Women\u2019s Transatlantic Andi-Slavery Networks, Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, displays from the NYS Museum exhibit The Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War (2014).<\/li>\n<li>2:00 Norman K. Dann PhD. Gerrit Smith: Practical Dreamer. Dr. Dann will explain the situation in NYS in 1846 that prompted Smith\u2019s generous land gifts, remark on the progression of voting rights 1846 &#8211; 2017,\u00a0and use Smith\u2019s practical dreaming for discussion on the meaning of philanthropy<\/li>\n<li>3:00 Amy Godine: Dreaming of Timbuctoo. Curator of the Timbuctoo exhibit, Godine will explain her<br \/>\nresearch, illuminate on the exhibit\u2019s name, describe the agents and the grantees, show Smith\u2019s deed book, and discuss how the land project fared.<\/li>\n<li>4:00 Panel on Voting Rights 1846-2017 The panel will deliberate progress since Smith\u2019s 1846 land gifts to 2017 the NYS Centennial of Women\u2019s Suffrage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Deli on the Green will be open from 8 am to 7 pm with the ice cream window open until 9 pm. Reservations for\u00a0regular menu and weekend specials are suggested at 315-684-3131. This project is made possible, in part, with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by CNY Arts, and sponsored by a Humanities New York Action Grant.<\/p>\n<p>The public is encouraged to join all or part of Emancipation Day. Admission is $5, free for students. Emancipation Day is a program of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark (GSENHL), 5324 Oxbow Road, P.O. 6,\u00a0Peterboro. The GSENHL is a site on the National Park Service Network to Freedom (the national Underground Railroad trail), a Partner of the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State, a site on the I\u00a0LOVE NY LBGT Trail, and a site on the Madison County Freedom Trail. For more information PeterboroNY.org, info@gerritsmith.org, and 315-280-8828.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descendants of fugitives who found refuge in Peterboro in the 19th Century have finalized plans for the eighth annual\u00a0Peterboro Emancipation Day on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. 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