Category: Witness Stones
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Praise from Clint Smith
We are honored to have our work recognized by Clint Smith in The Atlantic. In an interview with Atlantic editor Isabel Fattal, the best-selling author of How the Word Is Passed said: There are examples of communities in the U.S. that are not waiting for the government to tell them that they should build a memorial or they…
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Historic Deerfield Unveils Witness Stones Map
For more information about the Witness Stones Project at Historic Deerfield can be found here.
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Witness Stones Project Honored As a Gamechanger
Connecticut Explored has recently named the Witness Stones Project as one of its20 Game Changer Honorees that advance the way we study, interpret, and disseminate history. Over the past five years, we have worked with more than 6,600 students in 45 communities to help restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who…
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Wooster School Students Honor Enslaved Danbury Man Freed after Fighting in Revolutionary War
By Kendra Baker in the News-Times on June 13, 2022 DANBURY — Outside the Long Ridge United Methodist Church lays a stone recognizing a former resident and veteran named Nimrod Benedict, whose life and story has become the focus of an extensive local history project at Wooster School. The stone honoring the late Danbury resident was placed…
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First-Ever Witness Stones Installation Ceremony in the City of Danbury
By Lori Kriegel on HamletHub.com on June 3, 2022 Wooster School’s Middle School held the first Witness Stones Installation Ceremony in the City of Danbury on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at the Long Ridge United Methodist Church at 201 Long Ridge Rd, Danbury, CT 06810. Wooster School’s 7th and 8th grade Middle School team have…
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Witness Stone Installation Ceremony
On May 27, 2022, students from the Norwich Free Academy gathered at Leffingwell House Museum for a Witness Stone installation and presentations in honor of Romeo, an enslaved individual from Norwich who aided in the Long Island evacuation in 1778.
