Latest Past Events
David Ruggles Center’s Annual Founders Day Symposium, “Black Lives in the Connecticut River Valley: Discovery to Documentation,” with Keynote Speaker, Dr. Ousmane Power-Greene (on ZOOM)
The David Ruggles Center for History and Education is proud to present its annual Founders Day Symposium. The NAEI was founded in Florence on April 8, 1842. A radical abolitionist utopian community, the NAEI attracted both David Ruggles and Sojourner Truth to join. The David Ruggles Center for History and Education was created on this [...]
Founders Day Walking Tour “Utopia Takes Shape in Broughton’s Meadow: Northampton Association Sites and Stories”
Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue 121 Pine St, FlorenceFounders Day 2022 Walking Tour: Utopia Takes Shape in Broughton’s Meadow: Northampton Association Sites and Stories Join DRC historian Steve Strimer on a walking tour to learn the history of the Northampton Association of Education and Industry, a radical abolitionist utopian community established in Florence on April 8, 1842. Based on principles of racial, economic, [...]
Make a Reservation to Join a Walking Tour, Sundays @10AM
A great way to learn our history is to take an in-person, guided walking tour around the village. Tours start on Sunday mornings at 10:00 at the Sojourner Truth Statue. We walk a little over a mile and return to the statue before noon. We visit up to ten sites connected to the dedicated abolitionists [...]