BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.chenangoarts.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:bd3932a1-3e38-4b06-9d13-2196ebbd504c X-WR-CALDESC:Frederick Douglass is returning to Peterboro\, or\, at least a newly found image of the famous abolitionist is\, at 2 p.m. Sunday\, July 3\, 2016! Douglass\, considered 'the Nineteenth Century's Most Photograph ed American\,' has many well-known images. However\, this year\, during th e week of his assumed birthday in 1818 (the second week in February)\, a l ibrarian found an unfamiliar photograph buried in a scrapbook in the Roche ster Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Division. The image was re vealed to the public at a news conference a few days later and the story o f the image will be revealed in Peterboro by Christine Ridarsky. Ridarsky will be bringing the photo with the scrapbook\, in which the photo was fou nd\, and the video Rediscovering Frederick Douglass\, which chronicles the story of finding and preserving the newly-found Douglass photograph.\n\nC hristine L. Ridarsky was appointed City of Rochester Historian in October 2008. She has a BA in Journalism & Mass Communication and Political Scienc e from Kent State University\, an MA in American History from the State Un iversity of New York\, College at Brockport\, and is ABD toward a PhD in A merican History at the University of Rochester. She is also Editor of Roch ester History and Co-Editor of Susan B. Anthony and the Struggle for Equal Rights (University of Rochester Press\, 2012). Ridarsky has more than 10 years of experience in public history and archives\, having served as Regi onal Archivist for the New York State Archives Documentary Heritage Progra m from 2002 to 2004 and as an archival consultant and professional histori an since then. She has also taught history and writing courses at the Univ ersity of Rochester and SUNY Brockport. She serves as a Trustee and Deputy Regional Coordinator of the Association of Public Historians of New York State\, the professional organization that represents the state’s 1\,600+ government-appointed historians\, and as a member of the Government Histor ians Committee of the National Council on Public History.\n\nMatt Urtz\, M adison County NY Historian\, and member of the Cabinet of Freedom for the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum to which Douglass was inducted in 2005\, is facilitating the Douglass program Sunday\, July 3 as part of the Changing America project and in commemoration of Douglass’ famous spee ch What to the Slave is the Fourth of July which was delivered in Rocheste r on July 5\, 1862\, because Douglass refused to speak on freedom on the F ourth of July. Changing America was created to commemorate two events: The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the March on Washington of 1963. Th e Emancipation Proclamation committed the nation to ending slavery after t ens of thousands of African Americans claimed freedom for themselves durin g the Civil War. In the years following\, the U.S. Congress passed constit utional amendments abolishing slavery\, expanding citizenship rights\, and giving black men the right to vote. On August 28\, 1963\, hundreds of tho usands of people gathered for the biggest demonstration ever seen in the D istrict of Columbia—a demonstration to mark the 100th anniversary of the E mancipation Proclamation.\n\nThe Changing America exhibit is open from 1-5 pm on Saturdays and Sundays\, and from 12 – 4 pm Mondays through Thursday s until July 14. The traveling exhibition is presented by the Smithsonian’ s National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History in collaboration with the American Library Ass ociation Public Programs Office. The development and tour of Changing Amer ica are made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): Exploring the human endeavor. The public is encouraged to attend the Changing America exhibit and program at 5255 Pleasant Valley Road\, Peterboro NY 13134. Admission is free. For more information: 315-2 80-8828 nahofm1835@gmail.com\, www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.or g. X-WR-RELCALID:879eb9776b215702e22643bbcb23c68f X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20161106T020000 RDATE:20171105T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20170312T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:059f4690-ed48-437d-b1b8-940bfebabc51 DTSTAMP:20260405T185425Z DESCRIPTION:Frederick Douglass is returning to Peterboro\, or\, at least a newly found image of the famous abolitionist is\, at 2 p.m. Sunday\, July 3\, 2016! Douglass\, considered 'the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographe d American\,' has many well-known images. However\, this year\, during the week of his assumed birthday in 1818 (the second week in February)\, a li brarian found an unfamiliar photograph buried in a scrapbook in the Roches ter Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Division. The image was rev ealed to the public at a news conference a few days later and the story of the image will be revealed in Peterboro by Christine Ridarsky. Ridarsky w ill be bringing the photo with the scrapbook\, in which the photo was foun d\, and the video Rediscovering Frederick Douglass\, which chronicles the story of finding and preserving the newly-found Douglass photograph.\n\nCh ristine L. Ridarsky was appointed City of Rochester Historian in October 2 008. She has a BA in Journalism & Mass Communication and Political Science from Kent State University\, an MA in American History from the State Uni versity of New York\, College at Brockport\, and is ABD toward a PhD in Am erican History at the University of Rochester. She is also Editor of Roche ster History and Co-Editor of Susan B. Anthony and the Struggle for Equal Rights (University of Rochester Press\, 2012). Ridarsky has more than 10 y ears of experience in public history and archives\, having served as Regio nal Archivist for the New York State Archives Documentary Heritage Program from 2002 to 2004 and as an archival consultant and professional historia n since then. She has also taught history and writing courses at the Unive rsity of Rochester and SUNY Brockport. She serves as a Trustee and Deputy Regional Coordinator of the Association of Public Historians of New York S tate\, the professional organization that represents the state’s 1\,600+ g overnment-appointed historians\, and as a member of the Government Histori ans Committee of the National Council on Public History.\n\nMatt Urtz\, Ma dison County NY Historian\, and member of the Cabinet of Freedom for the N ational Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum to which Douglass was inducted i n 2005\, is facilitating the Douglass program Sunday\, July 3 as part of t he Changing America project and in commemoration of Douglass’ famous speec h What to the Slave is the Fourth of July which was delivered in Rochester on July 5\, 1862\, because Douglass refused to speak on freedom on the Fo urth of July. Changing America was created to commemorate two events: The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the March on Washington of 1963. The Emancipation Proclamation committed the nation to ending slavery after te ns of thousands of African Americans claimed freedom for themselves during the Civil War. In the years following\, the U.S. Congress passed constitu tional amendments abolishing slavery\, expanding citizenship rights\, and giving black men the right to vote. On August 28\, 1963\, hundreds of thou sands of people gathered for the biggest demonstration ever seen in the Di strict of Columbia—a demonstration to mark the 100th anniversary of the Em ancipation Proclamation.\n\nThe Changing America exhibit is open from 1-5 pm on Saturdays and Sundays\, and from 12 – 4 pm Mondays through Thursdays until July 14. The traveling exhibition is presented by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History in collaboration with the American Library Asso ciation Public Programs Office. The development and tour of Changing Ameri ca are made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): Exploring the human endeavor. The public is encouraged t o attend the Changing America exhibit and program at 5255 Pleasant Valley Road\, Peterboro NY 13134. Admission is free. For more information: 315-28 0-8828 nahofm1835@gmail.com\, www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org . DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160703T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160703T160000 LOCATION:Smithfield Community Association\, 5255 Pleasant Valley Road\, Pet erboro\, NY SUMMARY:Rochester Discovers a New Image of Frederick Douglass END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR