Tag: #WestHartfordCT
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Peleg Nott’s Story
We invite you to listen to this podcast from Kingswood Oxford students Garrett Gallup and Isaias Wooden: giddyup · Peleg Nott’s Story- History Podcast
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In the Wake of George Floyd’s Death, a Connecticut Town Marks Juneteenth and Recalls Its Own Legacy of Enslaving Men, Women and Children
By Susan Dunne in the Hartford Courant on June 19, 2020 WEST HARTFORD — On Aug. 20, 1740, John Hosmer of West Hartford settled a debt with his neighbor. He didn’t settle the debt with money, but by handing over Ned, a 9-year-old Black child valued at 115 pounds. Continue Reading.
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Witness Stones Installation Ceremony in West Hartford
In October 2019, Witness Stones West Hartford remembered and honored the lives of six enslaved men and women. We invite you to watch highlights from the ceremony here:
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Students Find and Share an Untold History of the Enslaved People of West Hartford
By Ronni Newton in We-Ha.Com on October 24, 2019 History involves the study of what happened in the past, but we all know there is more than one side to most stories. There are also stories that have yet to be told. When Tracey Wilson and Liz Devine started the Witness Stones Project in…
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Renbrook School Students Share Their Work
Fifth graders in the Renbrook School’s Social Studies, Language Arts, and Arts Class share their work with the Witness Stones Project.
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Witness Stones Project Honors Prut
From the Kingswood Oxford School on June 3, 2019 History teacher Katie McCarthy’s Form 5 class addressed our nation’s complicated and painful history of slavery by participating in the Witness Stones Project which “seeks to restore the history and to honor the humanity and contributions of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities” according…
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West Hartford Slave, Revolutionary War Soldier Honored on Local War Memorial
By Peter Marteka in the Hartford Courant on May 23, 2019 As Marc Boucher carved the simple four-letter name into the Revolutionary War memorial in the West Hartford Town Center Thursday morning, pieces of granite flew into the air. In a manner of seconds, a man simply known as “Prut” was added to a list of…
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Students Lay Stones To Address Town’s History Of Slavery
By Michael Walsh in the Hartford Courant on October 4, 2018 Retired West Hartford high school history teachers Tracey Wilson and Liz Devine worked with Conard High School students and the Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society to lay the first in a series of witness stones that address the town’s connection to slavery. Continue…
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Witness Stones Project Takes Root In West Hartford
The Witness Stones Project was present for another milestone today when the Witness Stones West Hartford Project a committee of the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society along with West Hartford Public Schools held their first installation ceremony honoring George and Jude. Thank you to Tracey Wilson and Liz Devine for shepherding this project, teacher Sean…
