ADAMS, Mass. — In collaboration with the Adams Historical Society and the Adams Free Library The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum will hold a birthday event to celebrate her 205th birthday on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2:00 pm, in the G.A.R Memorial hall within the Adams Free Library.

 

This event will feature keynote speaker and author Jeanne Gehret, a researcher and historian who has spent years working specifically with the Anthony family's history. Gehret's work offers new insights into the lives and values of the Anthony family, and she will share her knowledge and research in a presentation. 

 

"I'm honored to come back to Adams and present my research in front of many living descendants of the Anthony Family," said author Jeanne Gehret. "I most look forward to this engaged audience's questions and comments."

 

As a precursor to Gehret's talk there will be a reception with food provided by the Birthplace Museum and local vendors. 

 

To commemorate this milestone, the Anthony family descendants will be recreating an iconic 1897 Anthony Family photo, taken at the base of the Adams East Road home- now museum. This historic image, which is displayed in the museum, captures a pivotal moment in the family's legacy and history in Adams. 

 

"We are pleased to continue this annual tradition with the Adams Historical Society and Adams Free Library in the historic G.A.R. Memorial Hall" stated museum director James Capuzzi. "I am always impressed by the distance Anthony Family descendants travel to attend this celebration and how welcoming and warm the community of Adams is when celebrating their most famous daughter."

 

For those who cannot attend, there is an opportunity to contribute to Susan B. Anthony's Birthday Present; a fund for the purchase and planting of flowers that will adorn museum grounds come springtime. Interested parties can donate through the website or via check made out to the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum with "Birthday Present" in the memo. Help commemorate Susan's childhood home and legacy by contributing to the Ralph E. Anthony and Margaret Haggerty Anthony Memorial Garden. 

 

Additionally, new additions to the legacy brick path Walking the Path with Susan: A Legacy Set in Stone will be on display at the museum through Sunday, Feb. 16 before being placed in the pathway when the ground thaws in spring.