Wilton Historical Society Receives Grant from Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust

The Wilton Historical Society recently received a grant in the amount of $5,500 from the Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust. The funding is to be used to research Black history in Wilton. The grant request stated, in part “In this year of reckoning over the country’s legacy of slavery and racial inequality, it is evident that in many places, local stories about those iniquities have not been fully explored, or perhaps have been swept under the rug.

In any number of states and towns, Wilton included, there is still much to be learned from the documents and artifacts that provide proof and evidence of some painful episodes in our local past. Facts are needed to ground discussion and to make more information available to the public.”

“We are extremely grateful to the Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust for their continued support” commented Allison Sanders, Co-Director of the Wilton Historical Society. “The research produced during this project will support re-interpretation of artifacts, support school programs and contribute to scholarship on this topic.

Research findings will be available through a written narrative, a lecture, a video – all available to the public. The research will be undertaken by historian Dr. Julie Hughes, college professor and an archivist at the Wilton History Room at Wilton Library.

The Wilton Historical Society’s mission is “To shine a light on the making and meaning of history through Wilton’s stories and historic preservation.”

Wilton Historical Society 224 Danbury Road, Wilton CT 06897 www.wiltonhistorical.org