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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.