You are cordially invited to attend
the UNVEILING of the
Historic Roadside Marker of the Homestead Site of
Dr. Hezekiah and Mrs. Helen Leslie Joslyn
8560 Brewerton Road, Cicero
Birth Site & Childhood Home of their daughter
Suffragist-Abolitionist Matilda Joslyn Gage
Sunday, September 25th at 2:00 PM
(Park in the Cicero Cemetery Parking Lot)
Reception following at the
Cicero Historical Society Museum
6453 Route 31, Cicero
(Also, do tour Stone Arabia School and Log Cabin)
NO ADMISSION FEE
~Directions from the South~
81 North to Exit 30
Left onto Route 31, drive 0.2 mile
Right on Route 11 (Brewerton Road), drive 0.8 mile
Park in front of the Cicero Cemetery
Disabled parking on the Burdick RV Center lot.
~Directions to the Cicero Historical Society~
Left (South) on Route 11, drive 0.8 mile,
Left on Route 31, drive 2.2 miles
Dr. Hezekiah and Mrs. Helen Leslie Joslyn were early setters in Cicero and built the first frame house in the area. The Joslyn home was a station on the Underground Railroad and a gathering place for many famous Abolitionists and radical reformers.
Dr. Joslyn was a beloved doctor who visited his patients in their homes within a 50-mile radius of Cicero and was a founder of the Liberty (Abolitionist) Party.
Born in Scotland, Mrs. Joslyn was an accomplished pianist. Her piano, which survives today, was the first piano in Onondaga County.
As a child, Matilda gathered signatures on abolitionist petitions on the street and, at home, was invited to participate in the conversations with visitors and "to think for myself, and not to accept the word of any man, or society, or human being, but to fully examine for myself."
Dare to seek liberty for all!