Tag: #WiltonCT
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Connecticut Church Creates Interfaith Collaboration to Learn the State’s Slave History
By St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church on Episcopal News Service on June 22, 2023 During the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Wilton, Connecticut, began to explore the church’s complicity with racism since […]
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Congregants at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Reflect on the Witness Stones Project
“The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of American itself, a universal tale that all people should experience.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Beginning […]
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Installation Ceremony Honoring John C. Wally
The community in Wilton gathered on June 10, 2023, to remember and honor John C. Wally. We invite you to click on the image before to read the full program.
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Remembering a Wilton Man’s Life that History Has Obscured —Emancipated Slave John C. Wally
By Steve Hudspeth in Good Morning Wilton on June 6, 2023 On Saturday, June 10 at 4 p.m. at the Wilton Historical Society, an important event will take place: a Witness Stone will be dedicated for the first […]
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St. Matthews Church Brings Witness Stones Project to Wilton, Sharing Stories of CT’s Enslaved People
It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten. – Akan proverb Through a collaboration of local faith communities, area youth in grades 6-9 will have […]
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Witness Stones Project Announces New Partnership in Wilton
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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St. Matthew’s Aims to Tell the Story of Wilton’s Forgotten Enslaved people
By J.D. Freda in The Hour on June 19, 2022 WILTON — St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church is committing itself to educating the community and paying tribute to the enslaved peoples of Wilton. […]
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Witness Stones Project Announces New Partnership with St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Wilton
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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Wilton Witness Stones Collaboration
Wilton Witness Stones is a collaboration of churches from Wilton, Norwalk, and Westport, Connecticut seeking to explore the history of slavery in colonial Connecticut and honor the humanity of the […]
