Category: Witness Stones Installation Ceremony
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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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Timberlane Middle School to Hold Ceremony Honoring Enslaved People
From CentralJersey.com on March 15, 2022 Timberlane Middle School (TMS) will hold the first-ever Witness Stones ceremony in the state on April 28. TMS, located in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District in Pennington, will host the ceremony from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meeting House, 46-48 W. Broad St., Hopewell. Continue…
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Timberlane Students Will Be First in New Jersey to Undertake a Witness Stones Project
By MercerMe Community Contributor on March 10, 2022 Timberlane Middle School will hold the first annual Witness Stones ceremony on Thursday, April 28, 2022 from 9:30am to 10:45am at the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meeting House at 46-48 W Broad St, Hopewell, NJ 08525. Due to the small size of the venue, the event…
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Juneteenth Celebrations Begin with Witness Stones Installation in Old Center Cemetery
By Sophie Christensen and Lily Guberman on We-Ha.com on June 19, 2021 Even before entering the cemetery, the powerful sound of Afro Caribbean drumming could be heard from a block away. The sounds of the drums traveled far, but they could not overpower the enthusiastic voices of the crowd, about50 people of many ages and backgrounds. Sixteen…
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Suffield to Celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday
Journal Inquirer Staff on June 18, 2021 SUFFIELD — A local group is planning to hold the town’s first Juneteenth celebration Saturday on the town green. Juneteenth is a celebration of the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas learned that they were freed by the emancipation proclamation. The local celebration is organized by…
