Latest News
Freethought Trail Unveils New Category: Events
February 20, 2020
In a significant expansion, the Freethought Trail will open a major new presentation category: Events. Beginning in March, the Trail will interpret historic radical-reform activism in west-central New York State through the categories of Profiles (reformer biographies), Sites (historic places), and now Events.
New on the Freethought Trail: Follow the Steps of Ingersoll!
February 10, 2020
A new Curated Trail added to the Freethought Trail website brings together the fifteen historic sites where Robert Green Ingersoll lectured in west-central New York State.
Freethought Meeting Site Receives Historical Marker
January 27, 2020
Fourteen Ingersoll Venues Revealed / Expanded
October 7, 2019
The Ingersoll Chronology Returns!
September 11, 2019
Freethought Trail Begins Observance of Suffrage Centennial
September 4, 2019
The Freethought Trail has begun its observance of the centenary of woman suffrage by expanding its core coverage of the suffrage movement. The following existing informational pages have been significantly expanded:
Freethought Trail Spotlights Susan B. Anthony's Trial for Voting
September 4, 2019
The Freethought Trail continues its ongoing observance of the centenary of woman suffrage by adding pages to interpret the trial of Susan B. Anthony for voting illegally in the U. S. Presidential election of 1872. New pages profile Canandaigua, New York, where the trial was held; and the Ontario County Courthouse located there, where the important trial actually took place.
190-Year-Old Lecture Identified!
March 24, 2019
Persistent research has made possible the addition of a new site to the Freethought Trail: the site where sex radical Frances "Fanny" Wright probably gave a consequential lecture in Auburn, New York, in 1829.
Five New Sites (and New Information) Added to Trail
March 11, 2019
The Freethought Trail has added five new sites (bringing the total number of sites to a record 123) and enriched its coverage of nineteenth-century antislavery political action.
The Trail Grows Again
July 18, 2018
Three new sites and two new biographies of reformers have been added to the Freethought Trail. In all, the Trail now includes a record 118 historic sites.