BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//MercerMe - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mercerme.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MercerMe
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T071330
CREATED:20251229T210837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251229T210837Z
UID:10037256-1768503600-1768507200@mercerme.com
SUMMARY:Token on the Freedman's Coat: The Story Behind Thomas Mundy Peterson's 1884 Voting Medal
DESCRIPTION:Thomas Mundy Peterson is celebrated as the first African American to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment. Gordon Bond\, independent historian and publisher of NJ history website Garden State Legacy\, will discuss the story of Peterson and how\, on May 30\, 1884\, citizens of Perth Amboy\, NJ\, pinned a gold medal to his coat in honor of his having done something that\, in another part of the nation\, a noose might have been put around his neck for daring. Based on Bond’s book\, To Cast a Freedman’s Vote. Sponsored by Friends of the Ewing Library. Please visit events.mcl.org to register to receive the link to the program.
URL:https://mercerme.com/event/token-on-the-freedmans-coat-the-story-behind-thomas-mundy-petersons-1884-voting-medal/
CATEGORIES:free,history,library,virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mercerme.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Thomas-Mundy-Peterson.jpeg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR