Second National Liberal League Convention

The relatively short-lived National Liberal League was the dominant national freethinkers’ organization during the period known as the Golden Age of Freethought. It was founded in Philadelphia on the occasion of the national centennial, July 1–4, 1876. It adopted as its declaration the "Nine Demands of Liberalism," published three years earlier in the freethought newspaper The Index. The Nine Demands would define the secularizing agenda of American freethinkers for many years to come.

On October 26–27, 1878, Wieting Opera House in Syracuse hosted the second annual national convention of the National Liberal League.