Tag: #MadisonCT
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Witness Stones Project Adds Another Chapter to Madison History
By Ben Raynor in The Source on June 1, 2022 MADISON — The Country School of Madison last week conducted its third installation for the Witness Stones Project, which is a national movement that allows students and municipalities to explore the history of enslavement in their towns. This current stone has an even more special meaning…
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Country School Students Honor Theophilus Niger
On Monday, May 23, 2022, students from The Country School in Madison gathered their community to share the history and honor the life of Theophilus Niger.
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Witness Stones Project Installation Ceremony Honoring Theophilus Niger
Monday, May 23, 2022 8:15 a.m. Hosted by the Country School at Horse Pond Park Madison, Connecticut The Country School will bring the Madison community together to remember and honor Theophilus Niger and to place a Witness Stone in his memory.
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Reconciling the Dream: Truth, America’s History, and the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King
Witness Stones Project Chair Patricia Wilson Pheanious addressed the congregation at North Madison Congregational Church on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2022.
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Searching for Tamar, Finding Ourselves
This book was written by students from the Country School of Madison in remembrance of Tamar.
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Town Dedicates Second Witness Stone in Honor of Madison Woman
By Jesse Williams on Zip06.com on June 15, 2021 MADISON — More than 200 years ago, here on the same beaches where Madison residents are currently laid out on the sand catching some sun, a shipwreck washed ashore. From that ship, a handful of people emerged, people who mostly would be spending the rest of their…
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Students from the Country School Remember Tamar
In the fall of 2020, eighth graders at the Country School began researching the life of Tamar. Tamar began her life in west Africa around the year 1744 and was captured and transported to New England, where she was enslaved by the Reverend Jonathan Todd, the second pastor of the First Congregational Church of East…
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Witness Stones Project Completion Allows Town to Honor Local Enslaved Woman
By Jesse Williams on ZIP06.COM on August 19, 2020. GUILFORD MADISON —Though the pandemic prevented a large community ceremony, Madison saw the installation of its first Witness Stone in front of the First Congregational Church earlier this month, with students from The Country School (TCS) completing the year-long research project into the life of Lettuce…
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Lettuce Bailey Memorial Ceremony
We invite you to watch the installation of the Witness Stone to remember and honor Lettuce Bailey. The ceremony was hosted by The Country School of Madison.
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Country School Students Record, Honor Life of Enslaved Madison Resident
By Jesse Williams in Zip06.com on July 8, 2020 MADISON — After months of research, writing, and conversations, students from The Country School (TCS) have finished up their research on one of Madison’s enslaved residents as part of the Witness Stones Project, with plans to come together and install a marker in front of the…