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Celebrate women’s role in history’s great moments and assist a Peru historical landmark

History & Freedom:  Herstory

March 19, 2010. 7:00 pm. Peru Community Church, 13 Elm Street

$10 adults, $8 children and seniors.

 Music by:  Sounds of the Northway

March is women’s history month.  The North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association will host a celebration of the role of women in humanity’s great moments, from Miriam at the Red Sea to Catherine Keese who hid fugitives from slavery in Peru, New York, during the Underground Railroad era.

Music and song will be provided by Sounds of the Northway, a trio of local women:  Ann Ruzow Holland, Cathie Davenport and Jennifer Van Benschoten who sing and play guitar, piano, flute and violin.

Proceeds will provide the materials necessary for the stabilization of Peru’s most recognized Underground Railroad hiding place, the Smith-Keese barn, located at the former Stafford property on Union Road.   All labor is being donated for this project.

The evening will include short presentations on women prominent in the success of the underground railroad and a photo journal of the Smith-Keese barn project narrated by the local restoration, history and archeological specialists who are donating their time and skills to the stabilization.

For more information contact: Helen Allen Nerska @ 643-0938.