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Historic Deerfield Unveils Witness Stones

WSP · Oct 12, 2022 ·

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By Emma McCorkindale and Heath Kalb on WWLP on October 12, 2022

DEERFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Historic Deerfield unveiled 19 memorial plaques at 12 different locations on Wednesday.

Historic Deerfield, in partnership with Witness Stones Project, unveiled 19 memorial plaques along the museum’s mile-long street. Inspired by the Stolpersteine Project in Germany which commemorates victims of the Holocaust, this project’s purpose was to further acknowledge and recognize those that were enslaved. The Witness Stones memorial is a 4 by 4 brass plaque identifying the enslaved person where they lived and worked. Continue reading.

 

Historic Deerfield Partners with Witness Stone Project to Unveil Memorials Honoring Enslaved Persons

WSP · Oct 4, 2022 ·

(Deerfield, M.A.) – Historic Deerfield, in partnership with The Witness Stones Project™, will be unveiling 19 memorial plaques at 12 locations along the museum’s mile-long street. The plaques honor enslaved persons who once lived in the historic homes that make up the Historic Deerfield Museum. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at 128 Old Main Street, Deerfield, Massachusetts.

The general public and media are invited to the unveiling ceremony.

 

WSP Looks Forward to Working with New Historic Deerfield President

WSP · Sep 27, 2021 ·

The Greenfield Recorder on September 27, 2021

Jeff Davis

 

DEERFIELD — Historic Deerfield welcomed John Davis, the museum’s new president and CEO, earlier this month as he begins his job after being hired in May.

Davis, the former provost and undersecretary for museums, education and research at the Smithsonian Institution, said in a press release that he is ready to help Historic Deerfield move forward in the 21st century. Continue reading.

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