The Women's Rights National Historical Park is easy to miss...we did, driving right by it in Seneca Falls, NY! We were so busy admiring the charming Victorian houses on the other side of the street that we were blind to the large buildings associated with the site. One of them contains the remnants of the Methodist meeting hall in which the first Women's Rights Convention was held in 1848. Hard to believe that the bill for a woman's right to vote wasn't passed until 1920--72 years later. The visitor center features a very moving centerpiece of lifesize bronze statues that depict the leaders in the movement's early days.
We caught the national park site on our way to Auburn, a few miles away, where we had the tremendous privilege of seeing our lifelong friend Mark Epperson perform in "42nd Street." The musical was produced in a theater that's billed as Summertime Broadway in the Finger Lakes. Top-notch Broadway performers (Mark included!) made for a delightful show...the girls were mesmorized by the tap dancing and are already trying to reproduce some of the numbers. By chance, today is Mark's 3-year anniversary of arriving in NY. We were blessed to enjoy deep conversation with him over dinner and are so proud to call this gifted man a true friend. We hope to connect with him in NYC in a couple of months. We'll go to sleep tonight with "Lullaby of Broadway" running through our minds. Wonderful!
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| Bronze statues of leaders in the Women's Rights Movement, which began in Seneca Falls in 1848. |
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| Kelsey giving her own speech in the shell of the Methodist meeting hall |
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| Outside the theater, following the show |
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| Mark and his toe-tapping fans |
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