Tag: #GreenwichCT
-
Historical Society Celebrates the Humanity of Greenwich’s Enslaved at Ceremony
From the Greenwich Sentinel on May 16, 2024 Four enslaved individuals who resided at Bush-Holley House in the 18th and 19th centuries were honored at a ceremony on April 26th at Greenwich Historical Society in collaboration with the Witness Stones Project, an organization dedicated to restoring the history and humanity of enslaved persons of color who…
-
Greenwich Students Unearth History of 4 More of Town’s Enslaved People for Historical Markers
By Robert Marchant on April 27, 2024 in the Greenwich Time GREENWICH — The lives of enslaved laborers who toiled on the fields, stables and kitchens of Greenwich in the 1700s and 1800s has been obscured for centuries, but remnants of their lives are slowly being recovered and marked thanks to the work of local educators,…
-
Greenwich Students Honor Cull Bush, Jr., and Jack
On May 25, 2022, students from Greenwich Academy and Sacred Heart Greenwich gathered at the Greenwich Historical Society to share the history and honor the lives of Cull Bush, Jr., and Jack.
-
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.
-
Shining a Light
The Greenwich Historical Society’s “Shining a Light” Lecture Series is dedicated to elevating and amplifying underrepresented voices in local history in order to highlight the stories, research and people who are dedicated to interpreting, restoring and preserving these histories. We invite you to watch Witness Stones Project Executive Director Dennis Culliton’s lecture here:
-
Greenwich Historical Society to Host Lecture Series on Slavery, Race Issues in New England
By Robert Marchant in The Middletown Press on March 19, 2022 GREENWICH — “Shining a Light,” a three-part virtual lecture series, will return this month at the Greenwich Historical Society as it focuses on elevating and amplifying underrepresented voices of history. The first presentation on March 24 will put a spotlight on slavery in Greenwich…
-
Greenwich Historical Society’s Shining a Light Lecture Series to Elevate and Amplify Underrepresented Voices
By Laura in Cos Cob’s HamletHub.com on March 14, 2022 In its second year, the Greenwich Historical Society’s annual “Shining a Light” Lecture Series offers riveting stories from distinguished individuals on topics that have shaped the history of Greenwich and New England. Dedicated to elevating and amplifying underrepresented voices in history, the three-part virtual series…
-
Greenwich’s “Forgotten” Enslaved Population: Witness Stones Project Seeks to Tell Their Stories
by Robert Marchant on February 12, 2022 in the Greenwich Time GREENWICH — Few markers of slavery exist in southern Connecticut, reminders of a time when men and women were bought and sold like property or livestock. Two of them stand at Union Cemetery in Greenwich — the headstones of Hester Mead and her mother Candice…
