Milford Black Heritage Trail Guided Bus Tour Friday October 25, 2019 9 am-Noon Trailblazer Harriet E. Wilson: From Servitude to Authorship Bus leaves from and returns to Southern NH University This tour is part of the 2019 Black New England Conference at Southern NH University.
Warner Black Heritage Trail Guided Bus Tour SOLD OUT! Sunday October 6, 2019, 10 am A Small New Hampshire Town Remembers Its Black History Tour Guides: Rebecca Courser & Lynn Clark Bus meets in Warner at the Simonds Elementary School on Church street. Please plan to arrive at 9:45 a.m. Warner is a small rural community nestled twenty miles northwest of Concord, N.H. The main village lies between the peak of Mt. Kearsarge and the rolling Mink Hills. It was mainly…
Hancock Black Heritage Trail Guided Bus Tour Sunday Sept 8, 2019, 10 am Asserting Freedom: A Tour of Cellar Holes & Sites in Hancock, NH Tour Guide: Eric Aldrich Bus meets in Hancock at the town hall. Hancock, a quintessential New England village, defies the march of time. At first glance, this little village seems to be slumbering away quite peacefully. However, buried just beneath the Colonial veneer of this seemingly all-white town is a vibrant history of early Black…
September 1 (Includes Greenland) 2019 Ona Maria Judge Staines: Enslaved Child, Self-Liberated Woman, Wife & Mother This two-hour guided tour goes to the neighboring town of Greenland, where a courageous young runaway chose to live her life not with privileges but with freedom – and she outlived everybody!
June 30, July 28, August 25, September 29, 2019 And Still We Rise: From Slavery to Redlining & MLK A 90-minute overview of the Black Heritage Trail is just right for a first visit to Portsmouth or for those who prefer an alternative to a walking tour. Our well-trained and experienced Sankofa Scholars tell the stories of Black people from 1645, as they arrived on the colonial-era wharves lining the waterfront, until the year 2000 when New Hampshire joined 49…
May 26, 2019 We Remember: Cemeteries and Burying Grounds The African Burying Ground Memorial is one of at least six locations in the city where Black Americans and Africans have been laid to rest. This 90-minute narrated trolley tour goes from farmlands to waterways and touches four centuries of human history. Hear the stories and remember.
In Honor of Those Who Served: African American Military Veterans Date TBA. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is included in this special 2-hour tour on wheels. Details TBA.
