News and Features
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Unforgetting – Restoring and Reclaiming Connecticut’s Hidden Histories
A panel of experts talks about efforts to uncover long-ignored stories and recalibrate our understanding of Connecticut’s historical involvement with slavery. Former State Representative Pat Wilson Pheanious shares her family’s story in Connecticut Public’s new series Unforgotten: Connecticut’s Hidden History of Slavery; Akeia de Barros Gomes, Senior Curator of Maritime Social Histories at the Mystic…
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Old Ti and the Old Center Cemetery
By Bill Sullivan in the Suffield Observer on April 1, 2024 The Suffield Historical Society will meet on Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Second Baptist Church’s Common Room. My American Studies students from Suffield Academy will present a brief history of the Old Center Cemetery and illuminate the three centuries of gravestone…
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Henry Staats Installation Ceremony
Somerset County provided support for the Witness Stones research and memorialization of Henry Staats. We invite you to visit their website to see more photos from the installation ceremony.
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Unforgotten: Connecticut’s Hidden History of Slavery
Slavery has deep roots in Connecticut and across New England. Get to know some of these men, women and children and the lives they lived. Hear from descendants and learn from historians and students going on a journey of discovery to uncover history. We’re very proud to have the Witness Stones Project’s work featured in…
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Longmeadow to Bear Witness to the Lives of Two Enslaved People
By Sarah Heinone in the The Reminder on March 6, 2024 LONGMEADOW — This May, two of the 16 people who were known to be enslaved in Longmeadow will have their lives and stories memorialized in stone. First Church of Christ of Longmeadow hosted a presentation by Dennis Culliton, founder of the Witness Stones Project,…
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Longmeadow Partners with Non-Profit, Sharing Local History of Slavery
By Kristina D’Amours on WWLP-TV on February 27, 2024
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Longmeadow Launches Witness Stones Project to Highlight Local Slavery History
By Wojciech Zylm on Bnnbreaking.com on February 27, 2024 In a remarkable community effort to embrace and educate about its complex past, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, has partnered with the Witness Stones Project, a non-profit organization, to shed light on the local history of slavery. This collaborative initiative, which recently kicked off with a public lecture at…
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Introducing the Witness Stones Project in Longmeadow, Massachusetts
We have a great first lecture hosted by the First Church of Christ in Longmeadow. We welcome you to watch the lecture here.
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Witness Stones Project Announces New Partnership in Dover, Massachusetts
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit educational initiative whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new partnership the Charles River School. The independent Pre-K through eighth grade school will be using the Project’s research, curriculum, and landscape markers to…
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Unforgotten: Connecticut’s Hidden History of Slavery
We’re proud to be a part of the upcoming series from Connecticut Public, Unforgotten: Connecticut’s Hidden History of Slavery. The series–featuring radio storytelling, in-depth videos, pictures, digital stories, podcast episodes and a television special–will premiere on March 18, 2024.