Tag: #OldLymeCT
-
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 she wrote about the story of Jack Howard, who was born enslaved in Old Lyme, Connecticut, in 1795 and was willed to another person at the…
-
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 a well-known jazz quartet and four Connecticut poets who will be reading verses in commemoration of slaves who lived in Old Lyme. The event is…
-
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. in Old Lyme, Connecticut, on Saturday afternoon, June 18, at 2 p.m. The acclaimed Connecticut poets – Marilyn Nelson, Kate Rushin, Rhonda Ward and Antoinette…
-
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 of the Florence Griswold Museum 2 p.m., June 18, 96 Lyme St. The poems commemorate 14 African-descended persons once enslaved in Old Lyme, according to…
-
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 can be found along Lyme Street and McCurdy Road as a way to recognize both enslaved African and Native Americans and sites of enslavement in…
-
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 been installed throughout Lyme Street, memorials to enslaved residents who one lived here. During the event at Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, community members, Lyme-Old…
-
Witness Stones Old Lyme Installs 16 Additional Plaques Marking Enslavement Sites
On LymeLine.com on June 3, 2022 OLD LYME – The Old Lyme Witness Stones Project is installing 16 new Witness Stones—historical plaques commemorating the lives of enslaved and indentured African Americans and Native Americans, who labored in the historic town of Lyme. The plaques will be placed on Lyme St. and McCurdy Rd. in Old Lyme. Continue…
-
Witness Stones Project Installation Ceremony Honoring the Forgotten in Old Lyme
Friday, June 3, 2022 10:00 a.m. Hosted by Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School at The Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library 2 Library Lane, Old Lyme, Connecticut The community is invited to gather on the Lawn of the Old Lyme Library to celebrate the second installation of Witness Stones on Lyme Street, extending this year to…
-
Poetry Reading: Long-Silenced Voices
Poetry Reading: Long-Silenced Voices Co-sponsored with Ridgefield Community Partners April 23, 2022 · 2 – 4 p.m.The Meetinghouse, Ridgefield, Connecticut Inspired by the Witness Stones Old Lyme Project, which honors those once enslaved in the community by researching their histories and placing memorial plaques at the site of their servitude, four esteemed poets give voice…
-
A Special Service at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme
On February 20, 2022, Antoinette Brim-Bell, Marilyn Nelson, Kate Rushin & Rhonda Ward, the poets that gave voice to some of the enslaved people who lived in Lyme, read their poetry at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme. They were joined by musicians Cara Cheung, Joshua Davey, Cedric Mayfield & Lisa Williamson.