Category: Witness Stones
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Student Artwork Exhibit in Somerville, New Jersey
By the Hopewell Valley Regional School District on January 20,2024 We are very pleased to share the news that student artwork from the 2022 and 2023 Witness Stones Project is now on display at the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Gallery on the first floor of the county administration building (20 Grove Street in Somerville).…
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Project Receives American Rescue Plan Funding
As we embrace the holiday spirit and reflect on the remarkable journey of the Witness Stones Project, we are thrilled to share some good news with you. The Guilford Foundation has recognized the importance of the Witness Stones Project’s mission by awarding us $7500 in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). This…
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Ridgefield Middle School Students Honor Former Enslaved Residents
By Kendra Baker in the Ridgefield NewsTimes on December 10, 2023 RIDGEFIELD — The lives of two individuals enslaved in town in the 18th century have been memorialized and remembered as “undeniably human” as part of an ongoing student-led research project. “Their names were Peter and Dinah,” a local eighth grader said during a Nov. 15 ceremony outside…
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Connecticut Church Creates Interfaith Collaboration to Learn the State’s Slave History
By St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church on Episcopal News Service on June 22, 2023 During the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Wilton, Connecticut, began to explore the church’s complicity with racism since its founding in 1802. At its 2020 annual convention, The Episcopal Church in Connecticut adopted a resolution “to direct each Parish, Worshipping Community, and Intentional Episcopal…
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Congregants at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Reflect on the Witness Stones Project
“The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of American itself, a universal tale that all people should experience.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Beginning in October 2021, St. Matthew’s (through our Social Justice & Racial Healing group) began to explore how we might engage with The Witness Stones Project…
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The Last Woman Enslaved in Woodstock, Connecticut
By Christopher C. Child on Vitabrevis.americanancestors.org on June 19, 2023 I read two stories of interest in a recent issue of The Woodstock Villager, a local newspaper from my grandfather’s Connecticut hometown. The first story (on page A3) concerned a Witness Stone for Cuff Fellows (1762-1848), who spent half of his life enslaved in Woodstock. The marker was…
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Gen. Wooster Was Killed When the British Burned Danbury in 1777; Now Students Learn about an Enslaved Man Who Died As Well
By Kendra Baker in News-Times on June 18, 2023 DANBURY — The life Ned, an enslaved man killed in 1777 when British soldiers burned down Danbury, has been memorialized as part of a student-led research project. A stone commemorating Ned was placed at the Wooster School campus on May 30, following weeks of research by the…
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West Hartford Pays Homage to Those Enslaved in Witness Stones Installation Ceremony
By Bridget Bronsdon in We-Ha.com on June 18, 2023 Through a deeply local perspective, West Hartford local leaders and students had the chance to come together in the days before Juneteenth to hold a Witness Stones Installation Ceremony – commemorating and paying tribute to local slave history. The Witness Stones Project aims to “restore the history and…
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‘Witness Stones Old Lyme’ Hosts ‘Juneteenth’ Celebration of Jazz, Poetry at ‘The Side Door’, Saturday
In LymeLine.com on June 14, 2023 OLD LYME – On Saturday, June 17, in honor of Juneteenth—a federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans—Witness Stones Old Lyme will present a celebration of Jazz and Poetry on the lawn of The Side Door at the Old Lyme Inn. The celebration takes place from 2 to 4 p.m. Admission…
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Installation Ceremony Honoring John C. Wally
The community in Wilton gathered on June 10, 2023, to remember and honor John C. Wally. We invite you to click on the image before to read the full program.