Huge crowds are currently lining up to visit Susan B. Anthony's grave on Election Day at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
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People have been placing their stickers on her headstone throughout the election, but so many are planning to visit the cemetery today that it will be staying open until polls close in Rochester.
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Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren told the Associated Press that voters placing their stickers on Anthony's grave has been a rite of passage.
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Anthony, leader of the women's suffrage movement in the US, died in 1906, 14 years before women were granted the right to vote.
The 250 person line in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester New York to pay their respects at Susan B Anthony's grave
And, of course, considering this is the first US election to feature a female presidential candidate on the ballot, this year is especially important for Anthony's gravesite.
This is not a line to vote; it's a line to see Susan B. Anthony's gravesite. #Election2016
Sarah Maslin Nir, reporting from the cemetery for the New York Times, wrote that the crowds have been full of women and young girls stopping to place stickers on the grave and take photos.
At grave of Susan B. Anthony, suffragette, every few mins,women,little girl to elder,takes a pic or leaves a flower
Nir captured this amazing moment where a mother stopped with her two daughters by Anthony's statue and told them that one day they might be president.
A mom brought her 2 little daughters to statue of Susan B. Anthony in Rochester whispering they could be president
Hundreds are expected to visit Anthony's grave throughout Tuesday.
The scene at Susan B. Anthony's grave. And it's a scene.