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WHEELING — Dirt cakes were served to Laughlin Chapel children following the groundbreaking of the site of their new play space. Located between Lane 15 and 17th Street, the recreation space will include a half-court basketball court, a terraced area and open green spaces for kids to enjoy. The site will also be fenced off […]
WHEELING — Residents came out in full force during Tuesday night’s meeting of Wheeling City Council to speak out against measures that would displace members of the local homeless population. Before those wishing to be heard were given a chance to speak at the end of Tuesday’s meeting, Councilmen Jerry Sklavounakis and Ben Seidler brought […]
On July 19, 1848, the gathering at Seneca Falls, New York, began the United States’ first public political meeting regarding women’s rights.
Nancy Pelosi: It's been 175 years since history was made in Seneca Falls, New York. But Democrats are still fighting for women's rights in post Roe America.
The Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, N.Y., where on July 19 and 20, 1848, the first women's rights conventions in the U.S. were held. Epics/Hulton Archive via Getty ImagesOn July 19, 1848, nearly 300 men and women gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, to begin the United States’ first public political meeting regarding women’s rights. The Seneca Falls Convention resulted in the Declaration of Sentiments, a document modeled on the U.S. Declaration of Independence that asserted “all men and women ar