News and Features
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Historic Deerfield Looks to Shine Light on Untold History with Memorial Plaques
By Chris Larabee in the Greenfield Recorder on October 12, 2022 DEERFIELD — Up and down Old Main Street, houses from the Colonial era still stand, now turned into educational opportunities by Historic Deerfield in an effort to share the town’s rich history. That history, however, didn’t always consist of the full representation, until Wednesday morning.…
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Historic Deerfield Unveils Witness Stones
By Richard Damas on Spectrum News 1 on October 12, 2022 DEERFIELD, Mass. – Historic Deerfield paid tribute to American history Wednesday by unveiling memorials around the museum to the enslaved individuals who once lived in the area. Historic Deerfield partnered with The Witness Stones Project and revealed 19 memorial plaques at 12 locations around the…
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Historic Deerfield Unveils Witness Stones
By Emma McCorkindale and Heath Kalb on WWLP on October 12, 2022 DEERFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Historic Deerfield unveiled 19 memorial plaques at 12 different locations on Wednesday. Historic Deerfield, in partnership with Witness Stones Project, unveiled 19 memorial plaques along the museum’s mile-long street. Inspired by the Stolpersteine Project in Germany which commemorates…
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Historic Deerfield Unveils Witness Stones Map
For more information about the Witness Stones Project at Historic Deerfield can be found here.
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The Project Is Honored As a Game Changer
On October 6, 2022, the Witness Stones Project was honored by Connecticut Explored as a Game Changer initiative that advances the way we study, interpret, and disseminate Connecticut history.
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Historic Deerfield Partners with Witness Stone Project to Unveil Memorials Honoring Enslaved Persons
(Deerfield, M.A.) – Historic Deerfield, in partnership with The Witness Stones Project™, will be unveiling 19 memorial plaques at 12 locations along the museum’s mile-long street. The plaques honor enslaved persons who once lived in the historic homes that make up the Historic Deerfield Museum. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 12, 2022…
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Witness Stones Project Students Recognized by Hopewell Valley Historical Society
By Amie Rukenstein on MercerMe.com on October 3, 2022 At its annual meeting on Sunday, September 18 at the Watershed Institute, the Hopewell Valley Historical Society announced award winners and attendees were treated to a talk about the historic Drake house and its most famous inhabitant, Muriel Gardiner Buttinger, who went to Europe to meet…
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New Jersey Witness Stone Affiliate Set to Expand
By Michael Mancuso in NJ.com on September, 22, 2022 If it takes a village to raise a child, sometimes that’s also what it takes to bring hidden history to light. That is certainly the case for the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM), founded in 2014 with a mission “to tell the story of the unique culture, experiences, and…
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Witness Stones Project Honored As a Gamechanger
Connecticut Explored has recently named the Witness Stones Project as one of its20 Game Changer Honorees that advance the way we study, interpret, and disseminate history. Over the past five years, we have worked with more than 6,600 students in 45 communities to help restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who…
