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Event:Annual Windsor Freedom Trail Run
Date:September 16th, 2023.
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Annual Windsor Freedom Trail Run; presented by the Windsor Freedom Trail Committee-Saturday, September 16, 2023, from 5:30a.m. – 8:30am- starting point: Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, 320 Hayden Station Road, Windsor.

Learn about and celebrate the rich history of the Windsor Freedom Trail with your family and friends by visiting sites that are associated with the Underground Railroad and African American heritage and movement towards freedom. The run is approximately 3.9 miles. (A bus will follow the runners if rest is needed). 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 Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church cemetery. A Freedom Trail T-Shirt will be provided to all runners and a country style breakfast will be provided for event participants after the run.

PLEASE REGISTER AT: wftrun2023.eventbrite.com. For questions, email us at windsorfreedomtrailct@gmail.com. Please bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the Windsor Food Bank. This event is free and open to the public.

Annual Windsor Freedom Trail Walking Tour, presented by the Windsor Freedom Trail Committee - Saturday, September 23, 2023, from 7:00a.m. -10:30a.m.– starting point: 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 Windsor Freedom Trail by visiting sites that are associated with African American heritage and movement towards freedom. (A bus will follow the walkers if rest is needed). Everyone will meet at the Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church at 7:00a.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 that 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) The history will be given at each site. A Freedom Trail T-Shirt will be provided to all walkers and a continental breakfast will be provided for all event participants after the walk.

PLEASE REGISTER AT: wftwalk2023.eventbrite.com. For questions, email us at windsorfreedomtrailct@gmail.com. Please bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the Windsor Food Bank. This event is free and open to the public.





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