On September 13th, 2024 at 3:00pm, Old New-Gate was ceremoniously inducted onto the Connecticut Freedom Trail to commemorate Prince Mortimer. The event included the unveiling of an interpretive sign, a plaque presentation, and remarks on the significance of Prince Mortimer's story.
A celebration of the Newton family of New Haven. At this event we unveiled the repaired headstone of Mary & Thaddeus Newton, a new Memorial headstone for their son Stephen who died in the Civil War, and we unveiled the Connecticut Freedom Trail marker embedded in a granite pillar signifying the recent addition of this site to the Connecticut Freedom Trail.
Juneteenth: A Community Celebration of Freedom Day held in Portland, CT on Saturday, June 24th, 2023! The event was held at Portland Senior Center from 11am - 2pm.
On September 13th, 2023, The Mattatuck Museum in collaboration with Riverside Cemetery held a commemoration ceremony for the 10th Anniversary of the burial of “The Man Fortune”. The event was held in the chapel at Riverside Cemetery in Waterburt, CT.
I was honored to have been asked to deliver the keynote at the Wooster School for the Witness Stones Project installation for an enslaved man named Ned; enslaved in Connecticut, then beheaded by the British during the Revolutionary War.
To honor Isaac, a service was held on June 8th, 2024 at the Presbyterian Burial Ground in Woodbury, NJ, the spot of Isaac’s new gravestone.