National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum

William Wells Brown

William Jay

John Jay II

Samuel Ringgold Ward

<p fr-original-style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000;" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">At the evening Induction Ceremony, a Hall of Fame banner for each inductee is unveiled. The 31x84-inch vibrant retractable vinyl banner includes a large image of the inductee portrait created by artist Melissa Moshetti for the Hall of Fame, a brief biography, the legacy of the inductee, and the list of sponsors for the banner. &nbsp;NAHOF needs to order two copies of the banner for each inductee. &nbsp;One banner remains on display at the Hall of Fame in Peterboro, NY, while the other is available for traveling exhibits as part of NAHOF&rsquo;s outreach and education mission.&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000;" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000;" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">Individuals and organizations connected to the inductees and all those who have an interest in commemorating abolition history are encouraged to assist in raising the funds to meet the banner production costs. &nbsp;<p fr-original-style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000; min-height: 17.0px;" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000;" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp; &nbsp; Sponsorships for an inductee banner are $100 each. Sponsors are identified in two lines on the banner with their name and affiliation to the inductee. You may wish to contribute to a banner in honor of someone else.<p fr-original-style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000; min-height: 17.0px;" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000;" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.6px; font: 14px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp; &nbsp; Sponsors of the banner are invited, but not required to confirm the nomination of the inductee at the Induction Ceremony on the evening of Saturday, October 24yj, in Peterboro, NY, and to assist in the unveiling of the banner. &nbsp;It is our hope that you consider sponsoring a banner to honor one of this year&rsquo;s inductees and the contribution, sacrifice, and legacy of that abolitionist to the great cause of ending slavery and to support the ongoing work of the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum.&nbsp;

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1787701039/wysiwyg/nhpiv3zogrin0fpqvbtb.jpg" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Dear&nbsp;<span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, <p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'>You believe this work is not finished. Your gift says so.<p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'> <p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'>Our mission is to honor antislavery abolitionists, their work to end slavery, the legacy of that struggle, and to complete the second and ongoing abolition &mdash; the moral conviction to end racism. Those words carry the full weight of American history, and you have chosen to stand behind them. That is not a small thing.<p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'> <p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'>Gerrit Smith devoted his life, his wealth, and his moral authority to the first abolition. You are part of the generation carrying that courage into the second. Your commitment places you among the people who refuse to let that legacy go quiet.<p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'> <p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'>Thank you for being the person who sees a cause this important and steps forward. Your sponsorship leaves a lasting mark on the Hall of Fame, as well as NAHOF itself.<p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'> <p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'>With Sincere Thanks,<p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'> <p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'>Alden Max Smith<p fr-original-style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38;' style='text-align: start; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'>Interim President, National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum

At the evening Induction Ceremony, a Hall of Fame banner for each inductee is unveiled. The 31x84-inch vibrant retractable vinyl banner includes a large image of the inductee portrait created by artist Melissa Moshetti for the Hall of Fame, a brief biography, the legacy of the inductee, and the list of sponsors for the banner.  NAHOF needs to order two copies of the banner for each inductee.  One banner remains on display at the Hall of Fame in Peterboro, NY, while the other is available for traveling exhibits as part of NAHOF’s outreach and education mission.  Individuals and organizations connected to the inductees and all those who have an interest in commemorating abolition history are encouraged to assist in raising the funds to meet the banner production costs.       Sponsorships for an inductee banner are $100 each. Sponsors are identified in two lines on the banner with their name and affiliation to the inductee. You may wish to contribute to a banner in honor of someone else.     Sponsors of the banner are invited, but not required to confirm the nomination of the inductee at the Induction Ceremony on the evening of Saturday, October 24yj, in Peterboro, NY, and to assist in the unveiling of the banner.  It is our hope that you consider sponsoring a banner to honor one of this year’s inductees and the contribution, sacrifice, and legacy of that abolitionist to the great cause of ending slavery and to support the ongoing work of the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum.

National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE BANNER SPONSORSHIP 2026

William Wells Brown

$100

William Jay

$100

John Jay II

$100

Samuel Ringgold Ward

$100