Tag: #DeerfieldMA
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Historic Deerfield Unveils Witness Stones
By Emma McCorkindale and Heath Kalb on WWLP on October 12, 2022 DEERFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Historic Deerfield unveiled 19 memorial plaques at 12 different locations on Wednesday. Historic Deerfield, in partnership with Witness Stones Project, unveiled 19 memorial plaques along the museum’s mile-long street. Inspired by the Stolpersteine Project in Germany which commemorates…
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Historic Deerfield Partners with Witness Stone Project to Unveil Memorials Honoring Enslaved Persons
(Deerfield, M.A.) – Historic Deerfield, in partnership with The Witness Stones Project™, will be unveiling 19 memorial plaques at 12 locations along the museum’s mile-long street. The plaques honor enslaved persons who once lived in the historic homes that make up the Historic Deerfield Museum. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 12, 2022…
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WSP Looks Forward to Working with New Historic Deerfield President
The Greenfield Recorder on September 27, 2021 DEERFIELD — Historic Deerfield welcomed John Davis, the museum’s new president and CEO, earlier this month as he begins his job after being hired in May. Davis, the former provost and undersecretary for museums, education and research at the Smithsonian Institution, said in a press release that…
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Historic Deerfield Joins Witness Stones Project
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with Historic Deerfield. The museum will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of the history of…
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Witness Stones Will Expand to New Schools and Add New Collaborations
By Jesse Williams published on ZIP06.COM on January 5, 2021. GUILFORD — The Witness Stones Project, Inc, which had already seen significant expansion since retired Guilford social studies teacher Dennis Culliton and therapist Doug Nygren launched it in 2019, is set to grow even more in 2021 as conversations around Black Lives Matter protests…