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Voting Rights Celebration: 1870 Parade Re-enactment and Women's Suffrage March

  • 900 North Eutaw Street Baltimore, MD, 21201 United States (map)

May 19, 1870 - More than 10,000 people celebrated the ratification of the 15th Amendment with an elaborate parade in Baltimore. Sunday May 17, 2020 - Fraternal groups, civil rights organizations, political leaders, schools, businesses, community associations, religious leaders, unions, and other organizations will assemble in Baltimore and re-enact the 1870 parade, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 15th amendment and to commit to protecting and exercising the right to vote.

The Women’s Suffrage March will join the Re-enactment Parade on May 17, 2020

Sunday May 17, 2020 - Fraternal groups, civil rights organizations, political leaders, schools, businesses, community associations, religious leaders, unions, and other organizations will assemble in Baltimore and re-enact the 1870 parade, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 15th amendment and to commit to protecting and exercising the right to vote. 

The Re-enactment Parade will begin at 3:00 PM in the 900 block of Eutaw Street  (opposite State Office Complex)

For more information, please see https://votingrightscelebration.com/