The marker has been awarded to Havre de Grace through the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, a private grant-making foundation based in Syracuse, NY,  through its National Women’s Suffrage Marker Grant Program. These markers recognize historically significant people, places, or things across the United States, instrumental to women gaining the right to vote.

The marker will read, “Votes for Women: Elizabeth Forbes, Harford County Suffragist, organized a Prairie Schooner Women’s Suffrage Campaign Stop Here in Havre de Grace in 1915.”

As president of Harford County’s chapter of the Just Government League, Elizabeth Forbes helped welcome the “pilgrims” who marched through the County in the 1915 Prairie Schooner Campaign. She was later arrested during the Watchfire demonstrations in Washington DC. Forbes continued to work on behalf of women’s equality for the rest of her life.

The marker will be placed in Tydings Park at a future date, giving time for all organizations in the City of Havre de Grace to plan proper ceremonies with responsible social distancing measures.