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In historic N.H. cemetery, a new headstone honors a formerly enslaved Black woman and education pioneer
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After her husband's death, Dinah Chase Whipple went on to found New Hampshire's
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One of Dinah Chase Whipple's descendants, Laurel G. Yancey, read from Psalm 23 during the headstone unveiling ceremony last Friday, which was also attended by Tonya Ward Singer, a descendant of
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'Their story reminds us that history is not just behind us,' Boggis said. 'It is alive. It is now. It is the relationships we build in the reckoning we embrace, and in the future we dare to shape.'
This year's Juneteenth events lineup will culminate on Thursday with a freedom walk from Kittery, Maine, to the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth,
The ceremony will also mark the launch of an augmented reality component that uses digital storytelling to provide more history and context for an outdoor museum experience.
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