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Historic Huguenot Street to Honor First People Believed to Be Enslaved in New Paltz
By Brian Hubert in the FreemanOnline.com on February 9, 2025 NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Anthony and Susanna, who historians and researchers believe were the first African people to be enslaved by the Huguenot families who founded New Paltz in the 1600s, will be honored a special ceremony at Historic Huguenot Street on Feb. 22, at 11…
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HHS to Unveil Memorial Markers During New Paltz Juneteenth Jubilee
On ILoveNY.com on June 18, 2024 New Paltz, NY – As part of the organization’s commitment to telling the stories of the marginalized inhabitants of Historic Huguenot Street (HHS), the museum has partnered with the Witness Stones Project, Inc. (WSP), based in Connecticut. Similar to the German Stolpersteine Project that commemorates victims of the Nazis,…
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Juneteenth Jubilee in New Paltz
By Terence P. Ward in HudsonValley1 on June 10, 2024 The fourth annual Juneteenth jubilee celebration of triumph and history and learning about Juneteenth with the New Paltz community will take place on Wednesday, June 19. It will begin at 10 a.m. with a one-hour commemoration ceremony at the New Paltz Rural Cemetery. It will be followed by a community…
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Witness Stones Project Announces New Collaboration in New Paltz, New York
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit educational initiative whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new partnership with the Historic Huguenot Street. The Historic Landmark District in New Paltz, New York, will be using the Project’s research, curriculum, and…