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Old Lyme Marks Witness Stones Memorializing Enslaved People

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Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Students Singing at the Installation Ceremony. Photo: Daniel Passapera, Special to The Day.

By Daniel Passapera, Special to The Day, on June 3, 2022

Old Lyme — The town held an installation ceremony Friday for the Witness Stones Old Lymes plaques that have been installed throughout Lyme Street, memorials to enslaved residents who one lived here.

During the event at Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, community members, Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School students and organizers gathered for music, poetry and remarks in remembrance of those residents. Continue reading.