Witness Stones Old Lyme Celebrates Third Installation in Black Hall
On June 2, the community gathered on the lawn of the Old Lyme Library to celebrate the third installation of Witness Stones —historical...
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- Nov 14, 2022
- 1 min
Tracing Lyme's Runaway Slaves
In a History Blog article posted on the Florence Griswold Museum's website, Old Lyme Witness Stones chair Carolyn Wakeman reveals new...
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- Oct 27, 2022
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Kyera Singleton speaks at Florence Griswold Museum's 2022 Samuel Thorne Memorial Lecture
Kyera Singleton, the Executive Director of the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, Massachusetts, examined how and why former...
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- Oct 5, 2022
- 2 min
Marilyn Nelson Receives Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets
Marilyn Nelson has received the Wallace Stevens Award, a lifetime achievement honor given annually by the Academy of American Poets to...
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- Sep 28, 2022
- 3 min
Witness Stones Old Lyme Celebrates Second Installation
On Friday, June 4, 2022, the community gathered on the lawn of the Old Lyme Library to celebrate the second installation of Witness...
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- Jul 24, 2022
- 1 min
Antoinette Brim-Bell is Connecticut's New Poet Laureate
Antoinette Brim-Bell has been named Connecticut's State Poet Laureate. Brim-Bell is one of the four poets who partnered with the Old Lyme...
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- Jun 9, 2022
- 2 min
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,...
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- Jun 6, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- May 25, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- May 24, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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- Apr 15, 2022
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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...
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- Mar 8, 2022
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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...
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- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
PARJE Brings Communities Together to Achieve Rachial Justice Through Art
This first work commissioned by PARJE is a two-paneled painting (a diptych) meant to be seen together. The work reflects on the Edmund...
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- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
Witness Stones Poet Ronda Ward featured in The Day
New London Poet Laureate and Witness Stones Poet Rhonda Ward was featured in The Day on June 4, 2021. Click on the photo below to watch...
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- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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- Jun 24, 2021
- 1 min
Solitary Garden Installation | Florence Griswold Museum
As part of their current exhibition, Social & Solitary: Reflections on Art, Isolation, and Renewal, the Museum collaborated with the New...
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- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
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,...
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- Mar 18, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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