Turning Point Suffragist Memorial - Lorton, Virginia
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flyingmoose
N 38° 40.921 W 077° 15.185
18S E 304020 N 4283899
Located within the Occoquan Regional Park.
Waymark Code: WM154F4
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2021
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The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial is a memorial to American Suffragist and those imprisoned at Occoquan who survived bleak conditions and abuse and then gained voting rights for American Women. The Memorial was dedicated on May 16th, 2021.
The memorial list all the women jailed in 1917. Their stories are told through 19 tablets. A section of the White House Fence was donated by the National Park Service. Also included are statues of Alice Paul, Mary Church Terrell, and Carrie Chapman Catt.
The memorial is in a non-fee park, self-guided and available all year.
Address:
9751 Ox Rd, Lorton, VA 22079
Civil Right Type: Gender Equality (includes women's suffrage)
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Visit Instructions:
You must have visited the site in person, not online.