The Friends of the Wisconsin Historical Society will present an
educational event in Sharon, WI on Sunday, June 6, 2010, designed to
broaden public understanding of the widespread demonstrations in the
struggle for the right of women to vote.

The FWHS  event will be a part of the 14th Annual
celebration of “Model A Day” in Sharon. A large group of women in the
costumes of the suffrage movement will stage a parade through the
heart of the vintage cars parked along Sharon’s main street.  The
parade would culminate at the town circle, where the marching women
will form a semi-circle behind the “featured speaker” as a backdrop
for her impassioned soap box remarks. Her speech, delivered by a
professional actress and composed of actual quotations from suffrage
literature, will make strong arguments for women’s right to vote,
which became law in 1920.

As part of the reenactment, a storefront near the speaker’s
site will be converted into the headquarters for the opposition, men
organized to fight the women’s vote initiative.
The event fulfills the educational mission of the Friends of
WHS, support organization for the state’s historical society.

CONTACTS:         Frank Beaman, FWHS Board Member
608.987.1199 (Mineral Point, WI)
frankbeaman@charter.net

Sharon Main Street Association will be hosting its 14th annual Model A Day on Sunday, June 6th from 9am to 2pm.  As always, admission is free and the event will be taking place in downtown Sharon, WI.

Highlights include:

• A Pig Roast with all the trimmings
• Running Board Lunches
• An Olde Fashioned Ice Cream Social
• Crafters
• A Model A Swap Meet
• Special Parking for Model As
• A 1920’s and 30’s Jazz Band
• Dancers, and much more

Guests are encouraged to come in costume of the era, though it is not required.  For more information give us a call at 262-736-6246 or contact us by e-mail at sharonmainst@sharontelephone.com

Sponsored by Sharon Main Street Association in conjunction with the Rockford A’s.

Free Admission!

• Pig Roast with all the Trimmings
• Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social
• Historical Shanty Town & specialty foods
• Gangsters and Time Era Skits
• 20’s/30’s Fashion Show
• Roaring Twenties Dixieland Band
• Dance Performances & Magician Acts
• The Singing Savino Sisters
• 30’s Ragtime Strolling Musicians
• Over 350 Model A Cars on Display
• Running Board Lunches
• Free Swap Meet & Vendors
• Understanding the Great Depression: An Educational Event

For more information, call: 262-736-6246 or contact us.

Sponsored by: Sharon Main Street Assoc. & the Rockford Model A’s

Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009
Staged Events: 9:00 am
Lecture: 11:00 am at the United Methodist Church, 225 Baldwin St., Sharon, WI.

Speaker: Dr. David E. Kyvig, Distinguished Research Professor, Northern Illinois University & author of Daily Life in the United States, 1920–1940: How Americans Lived Through the “Roaring Twenties” and the Great Depression.

Refreshments will be served from a recreated “Soup Kitchen”, while interactive displays will depict life during the depression. Be sure to stop and say “hello” to President Roosevelt.