Students from the Foote School began working with the Witness Stones Project in 2019. In 2023, they created a website to document their research. Please click here to visit their site.
Witness Stones
A Tangled Story: Witness Stones Project Celebrates Placement of New Plaques Honoring Enslaved
In LymeLine.com on June 7, 2023
OLD LYME — On June 2, a large audience, along with musicians, singers, genealogists, poets, and descendants, gathered on the lawn of the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library to honor the lives of enslaved persons who lived in Old Lyme.
The Old Lyme Witness Stones Project, with the support of its many local partners, recently installed new historical plaques on a grassy triangle on Old Shore Road. The plaques detail the names and stories of eight enslaved African-Americans and indentured Indigenous people, who lived and labored in the Black Hall section of the historic town of Lyme in the 17th and 18th centuries. Continue reading.
Witness Stones Installation Ceremony Held On Wooster School Campus
By Lori Kriegel In Ridgefield’s Hamlet Hub on June 6, 2023
The Witness Stones Installation Ceremony took place on the Wooster School campus, organized by the 8th-grade team, on May 30, 2023. As part of their participation in the Witness Stones Project, the students had been delving into the intricate history of enslavement in Connecticut through their research.
The Witness Stones Project is a “K-12 educational initiative whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities. The Project provides research assistance, teacher development, and curriculum support to help middle school students study the history of slavery in their own communities.” Continue reading.
