Santa Fe Suffrage Car Parade: Celebrate the Women’s Vote Centennial & Commit to Justice and Equality!

Santa Fe Suffrage Car Parade: Celebrate the Women’s Vote Centennial & Commit to Justice and Equality!

Women's Suffrage 1915 March

Location

P.E.R.A. Building Parking Lot
1120 Paseo de Peralta (Across from the Capitol Bldg)
Santa Fe New Mexico 87501
New Mexico US
Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 2:00pm to Monday, August 24, 2020 - 2:45pm

Join in the Santa Fe Suffrage Car Parade to celebrate the women’s vote centennial and commit to justice and equality!  

Route:  Meet in PERA parking lot across from Capitol at 1:50 pm. At 2 pm, proceed north on Old Santa Fe Trail to SE corner of Plaza. Turn right on San Francisco, left on Cathedral Place, left on Palace, right on Washington St, left on Marcy, right on Lincoln passing City Hall, left on Federal Place, left on Grant Ave passing Santa Fe County Complex and Nina Otero-Warren’s home at 135 Grant. Honk twice. Take right at Grant to Palace, left on Sandoval, left on Water, then right on Old Santa Fe Trail back to Capitol. Decorate your cars with yellow, purple, and/or white.  

Quick New Mexico history and photo of 1915 suffragists parading to plead Sen. Catron to support votes for women.

^All vehicles must obey the traffic signs and signals as they follow the designated route, skirting the Plaza passing state, federal, county, and city buildings. People can view the parade from the street if they follow safety requirements regarding masks and social distancing.