Susan B. Anthony grave site draws hundreds Tuesday morning

The modest grave site of suffrage icon Susan B. Anthony, now a shrine to women's rights, is drawing overflow crowds Tuesday as voters consider choosing the nation's first female president.

Special measures are being put in place to handle the throngs of people expected throughout the day today at Mt. Hope Cemetery in southern Rochester. Hours have been extended, guides and security will be on hand and lights will be placed to help people make their way to the Anthony family grave site after dark.

That grave site, up a slight hill from the cemetery's northern entrance, has been the focus of the quaint Election-Day practice of placing red-and-white "I Voted Today" stickers on Anthony's headstone.


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