Category: Witness Stones
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Suffield Academy Students Honor Titus Kent
“Titus Kent was a Black Patriot who served every year in the American Revolution. His name is commemorated on our Town’s Veterans Memorial with many other Patriots from Suffield who fought in the Revolutionary War.” –Suffield Academy English Department Chair Bill Sullivan On May 21, 2022, students from Suffield Academy and their teacher, Bill…
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Caesar Stevenson
With the generous support of the Connecticut Valley Education Foundation, the students of Frank Ward Strong Middle School created a presentation on their work with the Witness Stones Project.
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Witness Stones Project Installation Ceremony Honoring Jack and Cull Bush, Jr.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 1 p.m. Hosted by the Greenwich Historical Society at The Bush-Holley House 47 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, Connecticut The Greenwich Historical Society will bring the Greenwich community together to remember and honor Jack and Cull Bush, Jr., and to place a Witness Stone in their memory.
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Witness Stones Project Installation Ceremony Honoring Caesar
Friday, May 13, 2022 3:00 p.m. Hosted by United Churches of Durham 228 Main Street, Durham, Connecticut Frank Ward Strong Middle School students will bring the Durham community together to remember and honor Caesar and to place a Witness Stone in his memory.
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Suffield Fund Awards Grant to Witness Stones Project
By Journal Inquirer Staff on September 24, 2021 SUFFIELD — Ten local organizations have received grants totaling $80,753 from the Amiel P. Zak Public Service Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. The fund, which benefits local organizations, was established in 2002 by Michael Zak to honor his late father, Amiel, a teacher at Suffield…
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Our 2021 Annual Report
2021 Annual Report
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Oral History and and the African American Experience
Hear Tamara Lanier explain how buying a salad at an ice cream store and a promise to her dying mother led to the discovery that Harvard University possessed images of her enslaved great, great, great grandfather Renty Taylor and his daughter, Delia. Hear how oral history, research and luck led to the discovery and how…
