Tag: #SomersetCoNJ
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Friday Truehart, Once Enslaved in Hopewell, Commemorated in Witness Stone Project Ceremony
By Ambreen Ali in MercerMe.com on April 30, 2022 Timberlane Middle School became the first in the state to partake in a project that culminated on Thursday with the placement of a permanent brass stone in Hopewell Boro to honor the life of an enslaved individual. Through the Witness Stones Project, eighth grade students have…
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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 was separated from his mother Dinah, when their enslaver, the Rev. Oliver Hart, came north to New Jersey and took the young teen with him.…
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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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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 School District in Pennington, will host the ceremony from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meeting House, 46-48 W. Broad St., Hopewell. Continue…
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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 the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meeting House at 46-48 W Broad St, Hopewell, NJ 08525. Due to the small size of the venue, the event…
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History Detectives: Lifelong Friends Bring Black History to Life in the Sourlands
News12 reported on the work of Elaine Buck & Beverly Mills at Witness Stones Project Affiliate the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum. We invite you to watch the coverage here.
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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 outreach, including planning for a new Education and Exhibit Center on the top of Sourland Mountain in Hillsborough, virtual programming for signature events and enhancing…
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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 lives of Moses, Candace, and Phillis. The project was inspired by the Stolpersteine project, which works to place small stones inscribed with the names and…
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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 new affiliation with the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum in Skillman, New Jersey. The Museum will be supporting the introduction of the Project’s curriculum and…