Seneca Falls In the History Spotlight This Weekend

Tuesday, July 18 at 3:48 AM Community Submission

Community News Release

A long, dark stone wall inscribed with the text of the 'Declaration of Sentiments' at a historical site. — The Declaration of Sentiments inscribed on a wall at the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, New York.

Seneca Falls will be in the spotlight this weekend as it’s the annual Convention Days Celebration, honoring the first Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls in 1848.

This year marks the 175^th anniversary of the convention. It also marks the 100th anniversary of Alice Paul speaking in Seneca Falls calling for the Equal Rights Amendment.

Several prominent politicians including New York Attorney General Letitia James will visit Seneca Falls.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to visit Seneca Falls, no details on the governor’s schedule have yet been released.

Convention Days Schedule and Events

ERA Centennial Convention Information and Schedule of Events

We use AI the way newsrooms in the 1920s used typewriters — as a tool to do better work, not a replacement for the people who do it. Read our AI & Local Jobs Commitment.