The following are upcoming Windsor, Conn. Freedom Trail events:
Windsor Freedom Trail Gospel Concert, Thursday, August 23, 2012; 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. on the Windsor Town Green, 275 Broad Street, Windsor. The Windsor Freedom Trail Committee presents the Freedom Trail Gospel Concert as a participant in the Windsor 2012 Summer Concert Series on the Windsor Town Green sponsored by the Windsor Chamber of Commerce and First Town Downtown. This concert will include a several choirs and praise teams from local churches and groups. Come and enjoy this free gospel concert with your friends and family. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to relax on the green. This event is open to the public.
Windsor Freedom Trail Run, Saturday, September 15, 2012, starting at 5:30 a.m. at Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, 320 Hayden Station Road, Windsor. The Connecticut Freedom Trail recognizes the importance sites throughout the State that are associated with the heritage and movement towards freedom of African Americans. The Windsor Freedom Trail Run provides individuals an opportunity to pay tribute to those who fled from the South in search of freedom by way of the Underground Railroad. The run is approximately 3.9 miles. (A bus will follow the runners). It will begin at the Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church and will end at the Riverside cemetery on East Street in Windsor, a site where a number of African American soldiers from the Connecticut 29th and 31st colored regiments and other civil war units are buried. Participants will stop at the other Windsor Freedom Trail Sites including the William Best House, the Joseph Rainey House and, the Nancy Toney grave site. Upon returning to the church, the group will visit the historic Archer Church cemetery. A Freedom Trail T-Shirt will be given to all runners and a country style breakfast will be served at the Church for event participants after the run. To sign up for the run, send an email with your full name, phone number and number of runners to: windsorfreedomtrail@hotmail.com or call Alfred Narcisse at 860-688-2479. This event is free and open to the public.
Windsor Freedom Trail Walking Tour, Saturday, September 29, 2012, starting at 7:30 a.m. at Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, 320 Hayden Station Road, Windsor. Walk along this 3.9 mile route with your friends and family as you learn about the rich history of the Connecticut Freedom Trail and visit the Windsor Freedom Trail sites that are associated with African American heritage and movement towards freedom. (A bus will follow the walkers). Everyone will meet at the Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church at 7:30a.m., and then be transported to the first site, Riverside Cemetery on East Street in Windsor to start the tour. Learn about African American soldiers from the Connecticut 29th and 31st colored regiments and other civil war units are buried there. Participants will then walk to the rest of the sites, (in sequence, the Nancy Toney grave site, the Joseph Rainey House, the William Best House, and the historic Archer Memorial church cemetery) where the history will be given at each site. A freedom trail visor will be given to all participating walkers and a continental breakfast will be available at the Church for event participants after the walk. To sign up for the walking tour, send an email with your full name, phone number and number of walkers to: windsorfreedomtrail@hotmail.com or call Alfred Narcisse at 860-688-2479. This event is free and open to the public.
