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SD Suffrage Marker Event: Homestake Opera House

Locations throughout SD will be commemorated in 2020 as sites for suffrage history in SD. On August 23rd, join Kelly Kirk from Black Hills State University and historians statewide as they celebrate the Homestake Opera House and its role in the SD suffrage story.

Festivities include an unveiling of a replica of the historical marker plaque, a coronet player to play some of Rose Bower’s songs, and a presentation about the suffrage movement in Lead. Tours of the Opera House will be available after.

Masks are encouraged and social distancing measures have been implemented.