Tag: #SuffieldCT
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Old Ti and the Old Center Cemetery
By Bill Sullivan in the Suffield Observer on April 1, 2024 The Suffield Historical Society will meet on Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Second Baptist Church’s Common Room. My American Studies students from Suffield Academy will present a brief history of the Old Center Cemetery and illuminate the three centuries of gravestone…
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Suffield Academy Students Recover the Lives of Barbara and Lewis Butler
Students from Suffield Academy shared their research on Barbara and Lewis Butler at the April 2023 meeting of the Suffield Historical Society. They share their presentation slides here.
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Suffield Academy Students Honor Titus Kent
“Titus Kent was a Black Patriot who served every year in the American Revolution. His name is commemorated on our Town’s Veterans Memorial with many other Patriots from Suffield who fought in the Revolutionary War.” –Suffield Academy English Department Chair Bill Sullivan On May 21, 2022, students from Suffield Academy and their teacher, Bill…
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Witness Stones Project Installation Ceremony Honoring Titus Kent
Saturday, May 21, 2022, 10:00 a.m. Hosted by The Suffield Academy S. Kent Legare Library, The Sibbil Dwight Kent Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution & The Suffield Historical Society 99 High Street, Suffield, Connecticut The Suffield Historical Society and the Suffield Academy will bring the Suffield community together to remember and…
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Public History in Suffield
By Bill Sullivan in the Suffield Observer on May 1, 2022 The Sibbil Dwight Kent Chapter (Suffield and Windsor Locks) of The Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR) and the Suffield Historical Society will partner to install a Witness Stone Memorial for Titus Kent. An installation ceremony will be held in front of the Sidney Kent Legare Library…
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Suffield Fund Awards Grant to Witness Stones Project
By Journal Inquirer Staff on September 24, 2021 SUFFIELD — Ten local organizations have received grants totaling $80,753 from the Amiel P. Zak Public Service Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. The fund, which benefits local organizations, was established in 2002 by Michael Zak to honor his late father, Amiel, a teacher at Suffield…
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Let’s Not Fight the Civil War Again
By Jackie Hemond in the Suffield Observer on June 30, 2021 In June, I witnessed an amazing dialogue. For two days, the Phelps-Hatheway House hosted two programs, both featuring Joe McGill, a national figure and founder of the Slave Dwelling Project. The hook for the Project is ingenious. McGill sleeps in slave quarters for a night.…
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Suffield to Celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday
Journal Inquirer Staff on June 18, 2021 SUFFIELD — A local group is planning to hold the town’s first Juneteenth celebration Saturday on the town green. Juneteenth is a celebration of the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas learned that they were freed by the emancipation proclamation. The local celebration is organized by…
