Historical Marker

Civil War Memorial

Historical marker location:
East corner of the Village Square, Painted Post, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Hamilton Street (New York State Route 417) and Chemung Street, on the left when traveling north on Hamilton Street.)
Marker installed: 1913

1861 - 1865. Grand Army of the Republic.

The first woman to vote in a United States presidential election was a resident of Rochester, New York named Susan B. Anthony. She cast her ballot in the 1872 election, for which she was arrested and fined.