Tag: #OldLymeCT
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Old Lyme Unveils New Plaques In Honor of Eight Enslaved
By Emilia Otte in the CT Examiner on June 2, 2023 OLD LYME — A slave named Cornelia was bought in New London for 80 pounds; Hagar Jeffrey ran away […]
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Poets Celebrate Juneteenth in Old Lyme
From the Connecticut College News on June 29, 2022 At the Florence Griswold Museum’s Juneteenth celebration, Conn Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence Kate Rushin read “Fishing for Shad,” a poem […]
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Juneteenth Commemoration to Feature Jazz Quartet, Poets at Florence Griswold in Old Lyme
By Emilia Otte in the Connecticut Examiner on June 17, 2022 OLD LYME — The town will be ushering in Juneteenth with a mixture of jazz and poetry led by […]
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Juneteenth Witness Stones Celebration at the Florence Griswold Museum Features Jazz Quartet & Poets
OLD LYME – The Witness Stones Poets will join the Nat Reeves Quartet in a Juneteenth celebration of jazz and poetry on the lawn of the Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. […]
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Juneteenth Celebration of Jazz & Poetry in Old Lyme, June 18
In the Middletown Press on June 14, 2022 OLD LYME – The Witness Stones Poets will join the Nat Reeves Quartet in a Juneteenth celebration of jazz and poetry on the lawn […]
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Town of Old Lyme Honors 16 More Lives Once Enslaved in Community
By Jolie Sherman NBC Connecticut on June 3, 2022 Historians are remembering the lives of those who were enslaved in Old Lyme. Now, 30 brass plaques known as Witness Stones […]
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Old Lyme Marks Witness Stones Memorializing Enslaved People
By Daniel Passapera, Special to The Day, on June 3, 2022 Old Lyme — The town held an installation ceremony Friday for the Witness Stones Old Lymes plaques that have […]
