Women's Rights National Historical Park...

Wesleyan Chapel site of first convention-click

..."You've come a long way baby", is more than an ad,
these women started a movement, by which they had...
...the start of a woman's right to vote,
with years ahead, it was a rocky old boat.

My mother was seven before women could vote,
a right we all can practice we do so by rote,
by 1920 it was finally achieved,
a 'mere' fourteen years, congress followed their lead.

Those in attendance at the first convention-click

Susan B. Anthony home in Rochester NY-click

A walking path through Victory Woods-click

Statue of Liberty National Monument...

The Fourth of July - click

...New York Harbor, a gift from France,
you should visit, if you get the chance,
a symbol created just for us stands on an island in the bay,
visitors welcome, tours are there, you can see it, even today*.

Emma Lazarus wrote the poem, on the base for all to see,
"give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free",
to see it you board a boat in New York, that's the trick,
then you must have hope, not to be sea sick.

*April 8, 2010-A budget was passed and monuments and parks remain open.  I didn't know if it would or wouldn't when I picked this as today's topic.

Interesting facts-click to enlarge

A full view

As seen from the air - click