LWVSCDE Bus Trip to Women’s Suffrage Movement Historic Sights

LWVSCDE Bus Trip to Women’s Suffrage Movement Historic Sights

Suffragists picket

Location

Lewes Transit Center
17616 Coastal Highway near Five Points
Lewes Delaware 19958
Delaware US
Saturday, September 18, 2021 - 7:00am to 6:45pm

The League of Women Voters of Sussex County, DE is pleased to invite you on a bus trip to historic women's suffrage sights to celebrate the anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.  Join us as we visit key places in VA and D.C where history was made.

This special trip was delayed a year due to Covid-19 but it is now set to go on September 18th.  The bus is limited to 56 passengers so do not delay signing up!

Here is the exciting schedule:

  • 7:00 AM: Meet fellow passengers and board the Jor-Lin charter bus at Lewes Transit Center on Coastal Highway near Five Points.
  • 7:15 AM: Bus departs Lewes.
  • 10:00 AM: Bus arrives in Occoquan, VA, at the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial
  • 11:00 AM: Visit Lucy Burns Museum at the Workhouse Arts Center.
  • 12:30 PM: Lunch at Occoquan Regional Park. Bring your own, or purchase a box lunch from the Brickmakers Cafe to eat in the park (you'll receive an email offering the box lunch following receipt of your registration).
  • 1:45 PM: Leave for Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument in Washington, DC. The home of the National Women's Party (NWP) for more than 90 years, it became a national monument in 2017.  Monument currently closed, if not re-opened by September, you will be notified.
  • 4:00 PM: Bus departs for Lewes. 
  • 7:00 PM: Bus arrives at Lewes Park Transit Center. 

Tickets are $50, not including lunch.  If you have any questions, please contact marthr27 [at] hotmail.com (Martha Redmond).

Please note that according to the CDC,  masks should be worn on public transportation, so please bring your mask.

Space is limited! Checks must be received by August 20, 2021. Online payments must be submitted by August 30, 2021. 

To pay by check, please print out the PDF icon "Pay by Check" form.  

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