Women’s Suffrage History Hike, Lorton, VA

Please join us as we honor the many women who blazed the 70-plus-year trail to the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. No public restrooms will be open until 11AM, so please “take care of business” before you arrive. This is a moderately easy suburban 4- to 5-mile hike with a few steep inclines, one very shallow creek crossing, and several wet spots on a paved trail. Limited to 20 participants in addition to the leaders. No pets please. Participants should bring their own water, hand sanitizer, snacks, insect repellant, and any other necessities. Dress for the weather; long pants are recommended. Plan to have enough cash or a credit card for lunch and/or to spend at the gift shops or community arts & crafts market, if desired. Meet 10 AM in the parking lot next to the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial in Occoquan Regional Park, 9751 Ox Road, Lorton, VA 22079. Lunch will be at the Bunnyman Brewing Café at the Workhouse Arts Center complex. We’ll hike over a combination of asphalt and dirt trails around the former Lorton prison, in part to celebrate the heroic suffragists who were imprisoned there over a century ago for demanding women’s right to vote; their brutal treatment while imprisoned sparked international outrage. Along the way we'll stop to point out items of interest. Points of historic interest are the former medium-security prison, now an arts center; the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial; and the Lucy Burns Museum (optional free visit after the hike). We request a $2 per person voluntary donation, as we are an all-volunteer, non-profit entity, and your donation is essential to help cover SCPRO leader training and administrative costs.