Tag: #WestHartfordCT
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West Hartford Pays Homage to Those Enslaved in Witness Stones Installation Ceremony
By Bridget Bronsdon in We-Ha.com on June 18, 2023 Through a deeply local perspective, West Hartford local leaders and students had the chance to come together in the days before Juneteenth to hold a Witness Stones Installation Ceremony – commemorating and paying tribute to local slave history. The Witness Stones Project aims to “restore the history and…
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West Hartford to Hold Annual Juneteenth Celebration and Witness Stones Dedication
By Ronnie Newton on We-Ha.com on June 12, 2023 It was the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but West Hartford held a small-scale Juneteenth celebration in June 202o. This Saturday, June 17, 2023, the town will officially hold its third annual celebration and the event will be bigger and better than ever, said…
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Witness Stones Ceremony Kicks Off Juneteenth 2022 in West Hartford
By Lili Guberman on WeHa.com on June 19, 2022 The weather celebrated along with the attendees as West Hartford’s Juneteenth celebration got underway midday Sunday in West Hartford with the installation of 14 more Witness Stones. The arch in Blue Back square was decked out in black, red, green and yellow colored balloons and a…
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West Hartford to Celebrate Juneteenth on Sunday
By Fox61 on June 19, 2022 WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — West Hartford will be hosting its third annual Juneteenth CommUNITY Celebration on Sunday, June 19 at Blue Back Square. At 12:30 p.m., at Blue Back Square, the Witness Stones Project will dedicate 14 new Witness Stones. This project seeks to restore the history and honor the…
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West Hartford 2022 Juneteenth
By Ronni Newtown in We-Ha.com on June 13, 2022 West Hartford observed Juneteenth for the first time in 2020, and on Sunday – which is actually June 19th – the town will host its third annual celebration of the day marking the effective end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, the…
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Witness Stones Project Students Take History to the Street
Through a project a year in the making, West Hartford will renamed a road in Blue Back Square to honor a mother and daughter who were held as slaves in town in the 18th century.
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West Hartford to Rename Street in Honor of Two Enslaved Women
By Deidre Montague in the Hartford Courant on May 19, 2022 WEST HARTFORD — The West Hartford Town Council unanimously agreed to change the name of a city street this week, a small move that points to a larger goal — changing the town’s physical landscape to bear witness to its history and culture. New…
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West Hartford Will Name Street After 2 Enslaved Women
By Gabby DeBenedictis on Patch.com on May 19, 2022 WEST HARTFORD, CT — The West Hartford town council voted unanimously to rename New Street in Blue Back Square “Dinah Road,” and according to the Hartford Courant the name is designed to honor two women who were enslaved in town. The women, a mother and daughter both named…
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Dinah Road: New Name for New Street Approved by West Hartford Town Council
By Ronni Newton on We-Ha.com on May 16, 2022 A campaign by the Mayor’s Youth Council to rename a West Hartford roadway in honor of two women who were once enslaved in town was approved unanimously by the Town Council on May 10. Mayor’s Youth Council members Tzionya Goldfischer, a student at the New England Jewish…
