Tag: #MercerCoNJ
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Witness Stones Project Comes to New Jersey to Honor, Remember Enslaved Teen
By Michael Mancuso for NJ Advance Media for NJ.com on April 28, 2022 More than 240 years ago, in Charleston, South Carolina, a 13-year-old African American boy named Friday Trueheart […]
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Witness Stones Installation Ceremony: Honoring Friday Truehart
We invite you to watch the program below and to read the program here.
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Students from Timberlane Middle School Honor Friday Truehart
April 28, 2022 Students from Timberlane Middle School gathered today to honor Friday Truehart. This is the capstone of work they have been doing this spring with the Witness […]
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Timberlane Middle School to Hold Ceremony Honoring Enslaved People
From CentralJersey.com on March 15, 2022 Timberlane Middle School (TMS) will hold the first-ever Witness Stones ceremony in the state on April 28. TMS, located in the Hopewell Valley Regional […]
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Timberlane Students Will Be First in New Jersey to Undertake a Witness Stones Project
By MercerMe Community Contributor on March 10, 2022 Timberlane Middle School will hold the first annual Witness Stones ceremony on Thursday, April 28, 2022 from 9:30am to 10:45am at […]
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Somerset County Awards Grants to Support Local History Projects
By Mike Deak on MyCentralJersey.com on April 18, 2021 The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum – General operating funds will aid in the maintenance, enrichment and expansion of programs and […]
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Curriculum Design and Memorials with Witness Stones
From the Anti-Racist Teaching & Learning Collective on March 22, 2021 The Witness Stones Project began in 2017 in Guilford, Connecticut with the placement of three small plaques commemorating the […]
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Witness Stones Project to Partner with Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum to Recover the History of the Enslaved
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 […]