Category: Witness Stones Installation Ceremony
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Witness Stones Ceremony Kicks Off Juneteenth 2022 in West Hartford
By Lili Guberman on WeHa.com on June 19, 2022 The weather celebrated along with the attendees as West Hartford’s Juneteenth celebration got underway midday Sunday in West Hartford with the installation of 14 more Witness Stones. The arch in Blue Back square was decked out in black, red, green and yellow colored balloons and a…
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Connecticut Project Lays Stones to Commemorate Former Enslaved People
By Andrew DaRosa in the Connecticut Post on June 15, 2022 Gathered at the Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven one early June morning, students and community leaders came together as part of a ceremony to honor the lives of emancipated slaves Lucy and Lois Tritton. The Trittons were purchased at an auction…
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West Hartford 2022 Juneteenth
By Ronni Newtown in We-Ha.com on June 13, 2022 West Hartford observed Juneteenth for the first time in 2020, and on Sunday – which is actually June 19th – the town will host its third annual celebration of the day marking the effective end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, the…
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Witness Stones Project Installation Ceremony to Honor Nimrod Benedict
On May 31, 2022, students from the Wooster School gathered at the Long Ridge United Methodist Church to remember and honor the life of Nimrod Benedict.
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Witnessing the Past: Woodstock Middle School Students Pay Tribute to an Enslaved Man Born in 1784
By Donna Dufresne On June 7, 2022, seventh graders from Woodstock Middle School shared evidence and insights about slavery in the dedication ceremony of a Witness Stone for a young man named Caesar, who was born enslaved in 1784 and raised with three other young men, Cit, Simon, and Prince in the Samuel McClellan home.…
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Hartford 2022 Installation Ceremony
On June 6, 2022, students from CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts honored the lives of Abda and Hannah in Hartford, Connecticut. We invite you to watch the ceremony here.
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Witness Stones Shed Light On New Haven’s History Of Enslavement Downtown
By Al Larriva-Latt in Arts Council New Haven on June 6th, 2022 At the steps of the Trinity Episcopal Church on the New Haven Green, a dozen New Haven private middle schoolers in dress clothes crouched around two metal-plated stones. To the right, colorful posters displayed family trees, timelines, and key word definitions. The students…
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Town of Old Lyme Honors 16 More Lives Once Enslaved in Community
By Jolie Sherman NBC Connecticut on June 3, 2022 Historians are remembering the lives of those who were enslaved in Old Lyme. Now, 30 brass plaques known as Witness Stones can be found along Lyme Street and McCurdy Road as a way to recognize both enslaved African and Native Americans and sites of enslavement in…
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Old Lyme Marks Witness Stones Memorializing Enslaved People
By Daniel Passapera, Special to The Day, on June 3, 2022 Old Lyme — The town held an installation ceremony Friday for the Witness Stones Old Lymes plaques that have been installed throughout Lyme Street, memorials to enslaved residents who one lived here. During the event at Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, community members, Lyme-Old…
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Guilford 2022 Installation Ceremony
On June 3, 2022, students from the Elisabeth C. Adams Middle School gathered to honor the lives of Cuff, Dinah, and Flora. We invite you to watch the ceremony here.