
Juneteenth Jazz & Poetry Celebration at the Florence Griswold Museum on June 18.
Featuring Nat Reeves Jazz Quartet & Poets Marilyn Nelson, Kate Rushin, Rhonda Ward, Antoinette Brim-Bell Saturday, June 18, 2022, 2 pm,...

Old Lyme Witness Stones Celebrates Installation of Sixteen New Plaques Honoring Those Once Enslaved
In much of New England, slavery has been forgotten, ignored, or assumed to be a practice confined to the South. Old Lyme now has thirty...

June 2022 Events
To celebrate the town’s newly installed Witness Stones, the Old Lyme Witness Stones Partnership will hold a series of events in June. All...

PARJE Sister Mural Created at Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School
A new Welcome mural was unveiled at the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School. Jasmine Oyola-Blumenthal, who is an alumna of Lyme Academy College...

Witness Stones Old Lyme Featured on Podcast with Isabelle Barber
Witness Stones Old Lyme was featured in the third in a series of podcasts that highlight the work of organizations forwarding equity in...

Old Lyme Witness Stones Poets at Old Lyme First Congregational Church
On February 20, 2022, Antoinette Brim-Bell, Marilyn Nelson, Kate Rushin & Rhonda Ward, the poets that gave voice to some of the enslaved...

Poems by Witness Stones Poets featured in November 2021 Poetry Magazine
The cycle of poems written by Witness Stones Old Lyme poets Antoinette Brim-Bell, Marilyn Nelson, Kate Rushin, and Rhonda Ward, is...

Lyme Old Lyme Middle School Student Poetry for Witness Stones Old Lyme
Seventh-grade students at Lyme Old Lyme Middle School responded to their research on enslaved residents of Lyme through poetry. Using...

Witness Stones Old Lyme Installation Ceremony - In the News
Witness Stones Old Lyme held an installation ceremony on Friday, June 4, celebrating the lives of fourteen individuals once enslaved on...

Installation Ceremony | Friday, June 4th, 10am, at the Library
On Friday, June 4 at 10am, the Old Lyme Witness Stones Partnership will hold a ceremony to honor Cato, Lewis Lewia, Humphrey, Caeser,...

Old Lyme Witness Stones featured in LymeLine
OLD LYME — The Old Lyme Witness Stones Partnership has launched a public education and engagement effort that will introduce an...