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Visit the Women's Rights National Historic Park In Seneca Falls, New York
Women’s Rights Historic National Park
Want somewhere to go? Try the Women’s Rights Historic National Park in Seneca Falls, New York. This place shows sites like Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s house, the Wesleyan Chapel, and Declaration Park. You can also see a 100-foot water wall with the Declaration of Sentiments engraved on it. The McClintock house was where the Declaration was drafted. So you can experience the past from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fall Street, Seneca Falls, New York, every day! (Except holidays). It costs $3; 16 and under are free.
My Journey to Seneca Falls
A short time ago, I went with my mom to the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, NY. We went into the Visitor Center and saw some statues of various people who participated in the first Women’s Rights Convention. They were made of clay and cast in bronze.
We went upstairs and saw a room with artifacts, such as a letter from Fredrick Douglass to Elizabeth Cady Stanton accepting an invitation to the women’s first convention. We also saw some old books. There were pictures everywhere and a sculpture of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony’s hands together. Then we went downstairs to watch a video. My mom was excited because she was learning too! It was called Dreams of Equality.
When the movie was done, we went upstairs to finish our tour. There were exhibits and various displays. Some displays let you enter your opinion on a Women’s Rights topic. There also were telephones in front of some displays that you could pick up and listen to facts about the display. You also can see a Job and Gender display which shows how far women have progressed or not progressed in various occupations.
When my mom and I were done we went downstairs to see a selection of books and movies that you could purchase, such as Not For Ourselves Alone. Next we went out of the Visitor Center and saw the remains of the Wesleyan Chapel. The Wesleyan Chapel was the site of the first Women’s Rights convention.
We also saw Declaration Park that had a water wall with the Declaration of Sentiments and those who signed it engraved on it. That was really cool! Did you know that out of the 100 people who signed the Declaration, 32 of them were men? After that, we went to visit the house that Elizabeth Cady Stanton lived in with her family for 15 years. I saw a picture of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her youngest child. We also saw the actual books she read, dishes, piano, and furniture she had. The park ranger giving the tour said other people lived in the house after her and that the National Park had to restore it to what it looked like in 1848. We then went upstairs to see the three bedrooms. At the end of the tour, we went outside to see the two-acre yard.
The trip was now over. We did not get to visit the McClintock house where the Declaration of Sentiments was written because it is only open in the summer months, but I hope to return someday to see it. My mom and I talked about what we had seen and did on the ride home. My journey to Seneca Falls was an exciting experience and even though I learned a lot about the Women’s Rights Movement before going to Seneca Falls, it was great to visit where it all started!
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