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DemocratandChronicle.com DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE 4B FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2005 25th anniversary The Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Shown are key sites. The Hunt House in Waterloo has yet to be restored. SENECA COUNTY 5 Cayuga and Seneca Canal SENECA FALLS 1 Wesleyan Chapel M'Clintock House Park FROM PAGE IB luminaries of the women's and civil rights movements such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott and Frederick Douglass.

"What happened here ignited a movement, and it was a movement that expanded nationwide," said Tina Orcutt, the new superintendent of the national park. Visitors also will see that the park is still quite young and not yet fully developed. And they won't help but notice that the drama begun so long ago continues to unfold. "What happened there in 1848, with the convention and Hunt House 7 WATERLOO Elizabeth Cady Stanton House 5' National Women's Hall of Fame vi BAVAROST- Women's Rights convention drew dozens of national figures in the contemporary women's rights movement, and at least 14,000 people attended an open-air speech by then-first lady Hillary Clinton. This year's park anniversary will be much more low-key.

The biggest event is Saturday's "dialogue" featuring young feminists talking about women and the vote, to be held in the auditorium of Mynderse Academy, the local high school. Despite national media coverage of the 150th anniversary of the convention and periodic coverage of Seneca Falls in national travel publications, the park's visibility is spotty. "We're still fairly unknown to the general public," Orcutt said. The park has seen about 500,000 visitors since it opened, numbers that disappoint Bero. "I think we all had stars in our eyes," she said, thinking of the major attraction she and other founding organizers hoped the park would become when it opened in 1980.

The numbers may reflect sev- the Declaration of Sentiments, has resonated for women, and for men, all over the world," said Nan Johnson, a retired University of Rochester political science professor and president of the Friends of Women's Rights National Historical Park organization. "It's very much living and resonating." Johnson notes that the push in this country to grant women equal rights continues to inspire women around the globe who still can't vote, Yet many people in this country are only vaguely aware of a movement they mistakenly believe began two generations ago. "It isn't just something that happened in the 70s, the '60s," Johnson said. "It has a strong historical continuity. It's not a fly-by-night idea.

It's something with strong roots." Spotty visibility Strong roots, however, don't always indicate steady or continued growth. In 1998, the special events commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first Elizabeth Cady i Stantnn Parte National Historical Park Visitor Center 1 mile i and physical exhibits. "We're convinced that if more people know about the park, the support for it will grow," Johnson said. During the sesquicentennial, a group of women decided that a friends organization, preferably one with chapters in every state, would ensure the political support the park needs. Today there are three chapters in New York Rochester, the Finger Lakes and Buffalo and one in Delaware, though more are being organized.

Meanwhile, there are plans to continue renovations, perhaps even revisiting some of the earlier work done on the park. The home of Stanton, author of the Declaration of Sentiments, was restored in the 1980s, but an entire wing that had been torn down wasn't rebuilt because of insufficient information on what it looked like, Orcutt said. "One of my visions for the park is to restore the landscape of the Stanton house," she said. Stanton's writings mention orchards and gardens outside her windows, all of which were gone by the time the park service acquired the Washington Street property. Bero said Stanton's way of living was integral to understanding her.

Orcutt agreed. "There's just no substitution for learning about Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her home, caring for her children, or when Susan B. Anthony cared for her children so (Stanton) could write speeches for Susan B. Anthony," she said. DCARTERDemocratandChronicle.com COAM eral logistical issues, such as the relative youth of the attraction the visitor center opened in 1993 as well as its location.

"We're not in the middle of Philadelphia," Bero said. "We're not in the middle of New York, where people go on vacation, anyway." The Finger Lakes only recently have become more of a regional tourist attraction, she Anoirc nuniuj lllllllll Vinyl Textile Booth Church Outdoor CUSHIONS MATTRESSES CUT TO SIZF COVERED REPl ACED LARRY COLEMAN staff artist said, and that may help develop a higher profile for the park. Orcutt said the staff needs to work more to develop the park's relationship with area educators. Expanding the park's Web site technology could also help raise its global visibility, she said, helping people who may never set foot in Seneca Falls to learn the history preserved here. "This story really transcends this place," Orcutt said.

Budget cuts The park has to deal with an operating budget that has been slightly cut each of the past three years at a time when it is starting to grapple with research on and eventual restoration of the final property associated with the park, the home of Richard and Jane Hunt. Despite the financial issues, supporters of the park see it developing further, in programs Sprint 1 jn Li i on i i i-frTilV'V Hi ill The Sprint PCS Fair Flexible Plan for Families. $3S a month Share 800 Anytime Minutes, get 2 lines For the first 2 months. After that, it's just $70 a month. Other monthly charges apply.

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But as far back as 1989, the young historical site interpreter set her sights on the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls. "I thought to myself, 'I'd love to work said Orcutt, 35, reflecting on her visit to the area in 1989 to see a college friend. Last September, after stints at six other national parks, Orcutt got her wish, becoming the fifth permanent superintendent of the Women's Rights park. "It's the story, the fact that these ordinary women were willing to work tirelessly, were willing to risk ridicule. They dedicated their lives to the advancement" of their cause, she said.

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While she worked her way up in rank, though, she remembered the inspiring work of the women of Seneca Falls. "I think it became even more meaningful to me when I had a daughter of my own," Orcutt said. The mother of two sons, 8 and 3, and a 5-year-old daughter, Orcutt works full time while her husband, Michael, stays at home with the children. "I'd never be able to do this without his decision to support me," she said. The family settled in Skaneateles, Onondaga County, where they plan to stay a while.

"We really like this area. I feel very committed to this park," Orcutt said, DCARTER(oDemoc ratandChronicle.com Fairport man pleads guilty to child porn STAFF REPORTS A Fairport man who was accused of sexual talk with minors over the telephone and Internet pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single count of possession of child pornography. Victor Kunz, 26, of Fairport is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court on Oct. 6 for his crime. Prosecutors alleged that Kunz used the Internet and a telephone to entice a 13-year-old California girl to perform sexual acts upon herself.

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