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One Hundred Years Ago: National Woman’s Party Captivates the Champlain Valley

By Sandra Weber On Sunday, August 17, 1924, streams of cars jammed the Adirondack roads near Meadowmount, the Milholland family estate in the Town of Lewis. An estimated 10,000 people gathered for the “Forward Into Light” pageant organized by the National Woman’s Party (NWP). Young women in flowing white dresses danced and waved purple, white, […]

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