It will be interesting to see how many people show up today election day at Susan B. Anthony's grave. The tradition of putting the I voted stickers on her grave is now getting national exposure. And politics aside, the fact that a woman may win the presidency is going to drive even more people to visit the grave.
Mt. Hope cemetary is going to stay open until 9PM election night. It usually closes at 5PM. And there will be volunteers there to help assist visitors.
It's really neat to live in a city that has had such a historic impact on the rights of women and especially the right to vote.
Throngs expected at Susan B. Anthony grave site
CNN's story about it:
'I voted' stickers put on Susan B. Anthony's grave - CNN Video
Quote:
The modest grave site of suffrage icon Susan B. Anthony, now a shrine to women's rights, is expected to draw overflow crowds Tuesday as voters consider choosing the nation's first female president.
Special measures are being put in place to handle the throngs likely to appear at Mt. Hope Cemetery in southern Rochester on Election Day. Hours have been extended, guides and security will be on hand and lights will be placed to help people make their way to the Anthony family grave site after dark.
That grave site, up a slight hill from the cemetery's northern entrance, has been the focus of the quaint Election-Day practice of placing red-and-white "I Voted Today" stickers on Anthony's headstone.
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