Tag: #SomersetCoNJ
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Witness Stones Project Announces New Partnership
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 […]
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New Jersey Witness Stone Affiliate Set to Expand
By Michael Mancuso in NJ.com on September, 22, 2022 If it takes a village to raise a child, sometimes that’s also what it takes to bring hidden history to light. That is certainly […]
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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 […]
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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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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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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 […]
