The events in Washington start on February 28 (Thursday - tomorrow) and go through Sunday, when the parade is re-enacted. I plan to be there on February 28, March 2 and March 3. I must be in NYC on March 1. I can be reached by email at teppermarlin@aol.com.
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Suffrage Parade 3/3/13 [Inez Milholland Boissevain]. ... Soon,
however, the crowds, mostly men in town for the following day's inauguration of
Woodrow Wilson, ....American Woman Suffrage Association parade, Washington, D.C., March 3, ...
The Suffrage
Centennial Celebration in Washington will re-enact the parade of 5,000
suffragists, who braved 500,000 onlookers, including many hostile and
physically violent men, on March 3, 1913, with a single public demand, the
right to vote! The Celebration begins Thursday, February 28 and continues
through March 3.
The weekend events include
exhibits, speakers, panels, movies, special programs. See historic places and
treasures found only in the nation’s capital including the 19thAmendment
to the U.S. Constituent at the National Archives and the Sewall-Belmont House
& Museum, the historic headquarters of the National Woman’s Party.
See suffragists picket the White House once more at noontime - 10 am to 2 pm (the picketing was launched in 1917, immediately after a group of NWP women went to President Wilson with memorials on the death of Inez Milholland two months before. Wilson ridiculed their lack of political savvy and that provoked a backlash. At that time the National Woman's Party was located across Lafayette Square from the White House, so they went back to HQ and decided to turn around and start picketing until Wilson agreed to support suffrage. That picketing led to arrests, then imprisonment, then a hunger strike. Public opinion shifted and Wilson changed his mind (as he did on the other major issue of 1916, going to war with Germany). The Congress passed the 19th Amendment, Wilson signed it, and it was ratified by the last required state in 1920. This ended a 72-year struggle (dating from the Seneca Falls Convention) by three generations and millions of women.
Come honor and learn about the women behind the historic victory that gave women the power to vote. See www.suffrage-centennial.org for complete information and details. Join the parade-- -Suffrage Centennial March down Pennsylvania Avenue on Sunday at 9:00 am. Register at: http://nwhm.ticketleap.com/join-the-parade/
See suffragists picket the White House once more at noontime - 10 am to 2 pm (the picketing was launched in 1917, immediately after a group of NWP women went to President Wilson with memorials on the death of Inez Milholland two months before. Wilson ridiculed their lack of political savvy and that provoked a backlash. At that time the National Woman's Party was located across Lafayette Square from the White House, so they went back to HQ and decided to turn around and start picketing until Wilson agreed to support suffrage. That picketing led to arrests, then imprisonment, then a hunger strike. Public opinion shifted and Wilson changed his mind (as he did on the other major issue of 1916, going to war with Germany). The Congress passed the 19th Amendment, Wilson signed it, and it was ratified by the last required state in 1920. This ended a 72-year struggle (dating from the Seneca Falls Convention) by three generations and millions of women.
Come honor and learn about the women behind the historic victory that gave women the power to vote. See www.suffrage-centennial.org for complete information and details. Join the parade-- -Suffrage Centennial March down Pennsylvania Avenue on Sunday at 9:00 am. Register at: http://nwhm.ticketleap.com/join-the-parade/
Google "Inez Milholland" and you will find many of my
blogposts on this great woman, one of the American Heroines of the 20th
century. Or go to www.boissevain.us and click on "Inez
Milholland".
Here is a synoptic view of the events (exhibits not included) of the weekend. It is meant for volunteers, but it will tell you what the main events are, how long they will take, and where they take place.
Here is a synoptic view of the events (exhibits not included) of the weekend. It is meant for volunteers, but it will tell you what the main events are, how long they will take, and where they take place.
Date
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Event
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Meeting Place for Volunteers
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Thurs, February 28th
5:15 pm to 7,
party over by 9
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Silent Sentinels at NPC
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National
Press Club ("NPC")
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529
14th Street NW
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Meet
in street level lobby of office building
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TPSM Board at NPC
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Go
to cocktail party on 13th floor
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Fri.March 1st
5:15 pm to
6:30 pm
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Embassy of Finland
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NEC
of 34th Street and Mass Avenue NW
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Embassy
is 3301 Mass Avenue NW
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Sat. March 2nd
8:30 am
To 5:15 pm
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Table at AAUW
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AAUW
lobby
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1111
16th Street NW (NEC 16th and L Streets)
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March 2nd 9:30 am
To 2 pm
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White House with NPC
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White
House Gates
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160
Pennsylvania Avenue NW
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Sunday March 3rd 8:30
am
Till noon??
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Parade
|
U.S.
Botanic Gardens - at the main sign/entrance
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100
Maryland Avenue SW
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Near
Reflecting Pond and Russell House Bldg.
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Near
1st and Independence Avenue SW
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Parade
starting point is West Lawn of Capitol
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