Restoring History & Honoring Humanity
By Don Snyder in Greenwich Time on July 14, 2021
Memorials to victims of the Holocaust, known as “stolpersteine” or “stumbling blocks,” are found throughout Europe from Trondheim, Norway to Thessaloniki, Greece. More than 75,000 of these brass plaques, created by German artist Gunter Demnig, have been placed outside the former homes of the victims, whose names are engraved on the plaques. “Emordet”— “Murdered” — appears under their names. Continue reading.
By Anne W. Semmes in the Greenwich Sentinel on June 12, 2021
Forces have joined in the town of Greenwich to tell its hidden history, “To return the colors to the historical fabrics of our community,” so said Dennis Culliton, co-founder of the Connecticut-based Witness Stones Project that “seeks to restore the history and to honor the humanity and contributions of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities.” Continue reading.
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.
Courtesy of Greenwich Historical Society.
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.
Courtesy of the Greenwich Historical Society.
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.
