Category: Witness Stones Installation Ceremony
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West Hartford to Hold Annual Juneteenth Celebration and Witness Stones Dedication
By Ronnie Newton on We-Ha.com on June 12, 2023 It was the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but West Hartford held a small-scale Juneteenth celebration in June 202o. This Saturday, June 17, 2023, the town will officially hold its third annual celebration and the event will be bigger and better than ever, said…
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Witness Stones Installation Ceremony Held On Wooster School Campus
By Lori Kriegel In Ridgefield’s Hamlet Hub on June 6, 2023 The Witness Stones Installation Ceremony took place on the Wooster School campus, organized by the 8th-grade team, on May 30, 2023. As part of their participation in the Witness Stones Project, the students had been delving into the intricate history of enslavement in Connecticut…
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State’s First Witness Stones to Be Installed June 5
By Gino DeAngelis on ABC6.com on May 17, 2023 SOUTH KINGSTON, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island’s first “Witness Stones” will be installed in a public ceremony on the grounds of the Kingston Congregational Church on June 5. “The Witness Stones Project, Inc. is a non-profit, public history project, that works with local communities to restore…
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Stonington School Project Tells the History of Enslaved Local Man
By Carrie Czerwinski, Special to The Day, on April 28, 2023 Stonington ― Stonington Middle School students presented the findings of their research on Cato Cuff, an enslaved man who was freed after his military service in the Revolutionary War, to members of the public at the Road Church on Friday. Cuff was a member…
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Witness Stones Project Installation Ceremony
Students from School of the Holy Child gathered the community to honor the lives to Rose and Jack. We invite you to watch the ceremony here.
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Ridgefield 8th Graders Uncover the Stories of Two People Enslaved by One of Town’s Founding Families
In the Ridgefield Press by Kaitlyn Lyle on November 21, 2022 RIDGEFIELD — Local eighth graders worked to unearth and honor the stories of two former residents who were enslaved by one of Ridgefield’s founding families. This project was incorporated into the Colonial Era unit of the eighth grade social studies curriculum at East Ridge and Scotts…
