Category: Lecture
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Witness Stones Holds First Summer Workshop
Last week, the Witness Stones Project conducted its first Teachers’ Workshop inviting educators from West Hartford, Middletown, and Guilford. At the workshop they learned, shared, and discover the project whose aim is to: Restore the History and Honor the Humanity and Contributions of the Enslaved Individuals Who Helped Build Our Communities. We spoke about Bristow,…
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Through Local History, A Stronger Sense Of Place
Witness Stones Project Founder an Executive Director Dennis Culliton joined Leah Glaser, Professor of History and Coordinator of the Public History Program at Central Connecticut State University, Chuck Arning, National Park Service Interpretive Ranger and A/V Specialist, John Tuohy, author and historian for the city of Ansonia, Connecticut, and Regan Miner, consultant for the city…
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Slavery in New England
Minutes of the 1464th Meeting of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Gregory Tignor and Monica Aspiantoon on February 13, 2018 The President introduced Douglas Nygren who introduced the guest speaker with the following statement. “When I approached Gregory last April about our doing a presentation on the Witness Stone Project and…
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Guilford Aims to Come to Grips with Town’s Past Slavery
Our panel discussion was a great hit! Thank you, Lauretta, from the Guilford Free Library for your assistance, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center for providing Oliver Scholes as a moderator, our panelists for their expertise, and all of the attendees for sharing their minds and hearts about how our study of slavery in the past can make a…
