The City of Rutland unveiled, on December 25, 2020, a sculpture of city native and Middlebury College alumn, Martin Henry Freeman, salutatorian of the class of 1849. The monument is located in the heart of downtown Rutland, in Center Street Marketplace Park.
The Twilight Project was officially launched this Fall, and work has begun in our mission to uncover and reckon with the histories of exclusion and marginalization at the College through archival research and public programming. Toward this end, we have commissioned four projects that will focus on specific topics and histories, and through different objects of study; all of which will culminate with various public-facing components and events.
Twilight Project community partner, the Old Stone House Museum, located in Brownington, Vermont, organized and hosted commemorations of Alexander Twilight’s life and legacies, from September 20-23, 2020. The ceremonies included, among political dignitaries and community leaders, Twilight Project Commission member and Middlebury College Professor Emeritus of History and Black Studies, William Hart.
| by Rebekah Irwin
The Twilight COVID-19 Diary Project seeks up to twenty Middlebury College students and staff to keep a diary of life during the COVID-19 epidemic.
| by Rebekah Irwin
Middlebury Special Collections is issuing a call for submissions to secure the stuff of memory for future scholars, historians, scientists, and storytellers who will eventually make sense of life during the COVID-19 epidemic.
