On October 25, 2008, the Boone County Historical Society in conjunction with the First Unitarian Church of Des Moines and other women’s groups [for the full List] from around the state will sponsor a reenactment of the original 1908 Boone suffrage parade.

Plan to join us on Saturday October 25, 2008 for the Reenactment
Contact the Historical Society
at 515-432-1907,
info@celebratesuffrage2008.org
for more information

            The staging grounds will be at the Boone High School, which is very near the location of the former Universalist Church where the 1908 IESA convention was held.  The parade will take the same route as the first parade, running east along 7th Street from the corner of 7th and Carroll Streets, to Story Street and north to 8th Street, where speeches will be given in the same place as those in 1908, and then will move back along 8th Street to Carroll and the High School where displays, presentations and refreshments will be available for all participants.

The photograps above show original locations for  some of the 1908 suffrage activities.  To the right is the Universalist Church which was built in 1900 and torn down in the 1960’s.  To the left is Blair Park, which was across Carroll Street from the Church.  Only a small portion of the park remains with a marker that indicates its dedication to the people of Montana (Boone) from John Insley Blair  in 1868.

 Photographs are courtesy of the State Historical Society of Iowa.