Salisbury School student Caleb May leads a discussion about the film Coloring Our Past with Cesar family descendants and friends.
Greenwich Historical Society Hosts Witness Stones Project
On May 27, 2021, the Greenwich Historical Society welcomed students from Greenwich Academy and Sacred Heart Greenwich. The students shared their work uncovering the lives of Cull Bush, Patience, Candice , and Hester Mead and laid Witness Stones in their memory.
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Greenwich First Selectman Fred Camillo. Courtesy of Greenwich Historical Society.
The Reverend Thomas Nins of the First Baptist Church. Courtesy of the Greenwich Historical Society.
Historian & Genealogist Teresa Vega. Courtesy Greenwich Historical Society.
Student Work. Courtesy of Greenwich Historical Society.
Lillie Foster Sharing Life of Cull Foster. Courtesy of Greenwich Historical Society.
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Laying Stone. Courtesy of Greenwich Historical Society.
Heather Lodge Laying Stone. Courtesy of Greenwich Historical Society
Memorial Stones Laid Beneath Bush-Holley House. Courtesy of Greenwich Historical Society.
Greenwich Honors Legacy of Those Who Were Enslaved
By Richard Kaufman on Patch.com on May 27, 2021
GREENWICH, CT — It was an emotional day on Thursday at the Greenwich Historical Society, as the community came together to honor the legacy of those who were enslaved in Greenwich in the 18th and 19th centuries.
According to research from the Historical Society, approximately 300 enslaved people resided in Greenwich. Thursday’s ceremony honored four individuals — Cull Bush and his partner Patience, and Candice Bush and her daughter Hester Mead — who all lived and worked for David Bush and family at the Bush-Holley House. Altogether, about 15 enslaved people worked at the house. Continue reading.
