Tag: #LancasterCoPA
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Lancaster City Witness Stones to Teach about Local Enslaved People
By Sarah Nicell on LancasterOnline.com on June 1, 2025 Historians don’t know much about Susan, Robert, Bet and Frank, who lived in Lancaster in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their ages, heights, births and deaths are inconsistently recorded. There are no last names to track because they likely had none. That’s because Edward Hand, an…
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The Story of Frank
Students at JP McCaskey High School created this video about “Frank,” a man enslaved by Edward Hand during the Revolutionary Era in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This film is created in conjunction with the Witness Stones Project and Historic Rock Ford. Director: Hana Rebek. Advisor: Todd M. Mealy, Ph.D., Narrator: Lenwood Sloan. Assistant Producers: Hasset Tesfaye Desagn,…
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Bearing Witness: Honoring the Lives of Robert, Bet, Susan, and Frank
By the Lancaster City Witness Stones Project on May 27, 2025 On a quiet city street lined with brick and memory, students, educators, community members, and historians gathered for a moment years in the making. At first glance, it may have looked like a simple ceremony, several brass plates embedded into the ground. But for…
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Uncovering Lancaster’s Hidden History: McCaskey Students Lead Witness Stones Project
By Asia Tabb on WTIF.org on April 1, 2025 A groundbreaking project is unfolding at McCaskey High School in Lancaster, where a group of students, under the guidance of social studies teacher Dr. Todd Mealy, is working to bring history to life through the Witness Stones Project. This initiative aims to honor and remember individuals who…
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Witness Stones Project in Lancaster City Will Teach about Local Enslaved People
By Ted Lassa for Lancaster Online on January 20, 2025 When: Lancaster City Council meeting, Jan. 28. Mayor Danene Sorace and council members Faith Craig and Lochard Calixte were absent. What happened: The Lancaster City Witness Stones Project will place approximately 25 stones per year for the next three years in the central historical district to teach…