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Please mention The Long Islander Newspapers when doing business with our advertisers. HUNTINGTON By Connor Beach LonglslanderNews.com THE LONG-ISLANDER * APRIL 26, 2018 « AL? daughter of Edna Buckman Kearns. secured funding for the historical Marker Commemorates Women's Suffrage Rally cbeach@longislandergroup.com Town of Huntington officials and historians of the Woman Suffrage Movement gathered Tuesday after- noon to commemorate the local ties to the movement. An historical marker was unveiled at the corner of Main and Wall streets to commemorate the 1913 women's suffrage rally that was held in Hunt- ington village. Supervisor Chad Lupinacei re- counted the story of the rally, during which anti-- and pro-suffragists clashed over the use of a horse-drawn carriage, the \Spirit of 1776.\ Suffrage leaders Edna Buckman Kearns, Irene Davison and Rosalie Jones led a parade of pro-suffragists down Main Street in the wagon while Mary Elizabeth Jones, the mother of Rosalie, emerged from the crowd of hundreds to block the parade and de- mand the suffragists stop using the wagon to support their cause, Lupinacci said. He added that the Jones family de- Awards To Honor Local Restorati By Sophia Ricco info@longislandergroup.com Restoration projects for historical scended from the original Revolution- ary War-era owners of the famous wagon and, as vehement opponents of the movement, a majority of the fam- ily members resent the wagon's status as a symbol of women's suffrage. \The confrontation in Huntington was reported in the Brooklyn Daily vation in Long Island,\ Paige Fairchild, of Preservation Long Island, said. Many of the restoration projects re- sites across Long Island, including two in Huntington, will be honored early next month during a local preservation group's annual awards ceremony. Cold Spring Harbor-based Preser- vation Long Island, a nonprofit that works to protect, preserve, and cele- brate Long Island's cultural heritage, will host the 2018 Awards for Preser- vation Excellence on Long Island cer- emony May 5, 2 p.m. at Old First Pres- byterian Church (125 Main St., Huntington). The restoration of Old First Church's 232-year-old steeple, and the Huntington - Historical Society's restoration of the Huntington Sewing and Trade School are two of the five projects that will be honored. Additionally, Zachary Studenroth will be honored with the Howard C. | Sherwood - Award - for - his achievement and leadership in ad- vancing historic preservation across Long Island. \These awards recognize individ- ual organizations and projects that demonstrate extraordinary achieve- ment in fields related to historic preser- lied on volunteers to manage, help raise funds, and work on the sites. That includes Old First, which recruited volunteer help for the steeple restora- tion that was completed last year. \We put a lot of effort into making sure we did it right to honor the people who had come before us, who had originally put up the church,\ Cindy Samuels, president of the board of trustees at Old First Presbyterian Church, said. Preservation Long Island Director Sarah Kautz said each of the projects that will be honored are \are about connecting people with their past.\ She added that each of the projects are collaborative in nature and that they bring \community members in and give them a sense of stewardship and ownership with the site.\ As forthe Huntington Historical So- ciety, the organization last year made improvements to the Sewing and Trade School at 209 Main St., including a re- vamped archive storage facility. Kautz added that she hopes Preser- vation Long Island's award will in- spire other historical groups to embark Town of Huntington officials and historians of the women's suffrage movement celebrate the unveiling of a historical marker commemorating a 1913 women's suffrage rally on the corner of Main and Wall streets in Huntington village. Eagle,\ Lupinaceci said. \The pro-suf- fragists did win out, and by 1917 New York passed a law giving women the right to vote. In 1920, we ratified the 19th Amendment.\ Antonia Petrash, founder of the Long Island Woman Suffrage Associ- ation, and Marguerite Kearns, grand- marker from the Wilham G. Pomeroy Foundation. The foundation has awarded grants for hundreds of huis: torical markers across the state \Sometimes when you are work ing on a project you are hind of in a vac- uum and you don't know what hind of impact it is going to have on the pub- lic, so it is nice to see so many people here,\ Petrash said. Councilman - Mark Cuthbertson took the opportunity to recognize Huntington suffragist Ida Bunce Sam- mis, who in 1918 became one of the first two women elected to the New York State Legislature. Councilman Ed Smyth encouraged residents of the 10th Assembly Dis trict to exercise their right to vote in the special election that was also held Tuesday. Huntington Town Historian Robert Hughes said he's hopeful the next his- torical - markers - commemorating women's suffrage will be unveiled at the historic home of Ida Bunce Sam- mis near town hall. I 1 Te recent efforts t restore Old First Presbyteriandchurcfi’sAZ35-yegf-old Sooke -> + . , saint ok + e* R \ i - 4 ~ C ' \ . < ¢ . 1AA aan $000 . cab 10+ F3 & R.! - wo, te Decmmal tor ® a, . - nus, © + £ n g a - & a 2 we 503 steeple, below, and the Huntington Sewing and Trade School building, above, will be honored during Preservation Long Island's awards ceremony next month. on restoration projects of their own. \Preservation is important because it brings together people in the way they think about these places, not just the buildings and materials, but also their history - who lived there, how they were built, who built them and how they've been with us through time,\ Kautz said. The awards ceremony is free to at- tend, but RSVP is required. To make a reservation, log on to Preservation- longisland.org or call 631-692-4664.
