Restore History, Educate, and Honor Humanity
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with the Wilton Congregational Church. The church will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of the history of slavery in Connecticut.
By J.D. Freda in The Hour on June 19, 2022
WILTON — St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church is committing itself to educating the community and paying tribute to the enslaved peoples of Wilton.
The goal is to spend the remainder of the calendar year digging through historical land and personal records, with the help of the Wilton Historical Society, to tell a proper story of an enslaved Wiltonian whose history has been lost in time. When the research has been completed, the church community anticipates a permanent, physical memorialization, in the form of a stone, somewhere in town to pay tribute to that individual. Continue reading.
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. The congregation in Wilton, Connecticut, will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their understanding of the history of slavery in colonial Connecticut.
