News and Features
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Public History in Suffield
By Bill Sullivan in the Suffield Observer on May 1, 2022 The Sibbil Dwight Kent Chapter (Suffield and Windsor Locks) of The Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR) and the Suffield Historical Society will partner to install a Witness Stone Memorial for Titus Kent. An installation ceremony will be held in front of the Sidney Kent Legare Library…
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Friday Truehart, Once Enslaved in Hopewell, Commemorated in Witness Stone Project Ceremony
By Ambreen Ali in MercerMe.com on April 30, 2022 Timberlane Middle School became the first in the state to partake in a project that culminated on Thursday with the placement of a permanent brass stone in Hopewell Boro to honor the life of an enslaved individual. Through the Witness Stones Project, eighth grade students have…
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Witness Stones Project Comes to New Jersey to Honor, Remember Enslaved Teen
By Michael Mancuso for NJ Advance Media for NJ.com on April 28, 2022 More than 240 years ago, in Charleston, South Carolina, a 13-year-old African American boy named Friday Trueheart was separated from his mother Dinah, when their enslaver, the Rev. Oliver Hart, came north to New Jersey and took the young teen with him.…
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Witness Stones Installation Ceremony: Honoring Friday Truehart
We invite you to watch the program below and to read the program here.
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Students from Timberlane Middle School Honor Friday Truehart
April 28, 2022 Students from Timberlane Middle School gathered today to honor Friday Truehart. This is the capstone of work they have been doing this spring with the Witness Stones Project. The have shared their work on their website. We invite you to visit to learn more.
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Poetry Reading: Long-Silenced Voices
Poetry Reading: Long-Silenced Voices Co-sponsored with Ridgefield Community Partners April 23, 2022 · 2 – 4 p.m.The Meetinghouse, Ridgefield, Connecticut Inspired by the Witness Stones Old Lyme Project, which honors those once enslaved in the community by researching their histories and placing memorial plaques at the site of their servitude, four esteemed poets give voice…
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Witness Stones Project Comes to Ridgefield
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with the East Ridge Middle School, the Ridgefield Historical Society, and Scotts Ridge Middle School. The Ridgefield community will be using the Project’s…
