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May 2025

20th Annual Sojourner Truth Memorial Celebration followed by Reception at DRC

By |2025-05-22T22:23:25-04:00May 22nd, 2025|

May 25

@ 2:00 pm

–

5:00 pm

The 20th annual Sojourner Truth Memorial Celebration in Florence, MA is on Sunday, May 25 at 2pm. Six exceptional graduating high school seniors from Hampden and Hampshire public schools will be honored with the prestigious Sojourner Truth Social Justice Awards at this event, which will also feature music, keynote speakers, and special guest remarks by Barbara Allen, a sixth-generation descendant of Sojourner Truth. The event is free and open to the public, and more information about the Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee, the scholarships they bestow, and the event can be found here: https://sojournertruthmemorial.org/.

The event will be immediately followed by a reception for all at the David Ruggles Center at 225 Nonotuck St.

 

Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee

Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue

121 Pine Street


Florence,

Massachusetts

01062

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DRC Museum Open: Sundays 12-4, May-October

By |2025-05-03T10:25:59-04:00May 3rd, 2025|

May 4

@ 12:00 pm

–

October 30

@ 4:00 pm

 

The DRC is open Sunday afternoons, 12-4. Come learn about the courageous individuals in 1840s and 1850s Florence who challenged slavery and prejudice, and sought to build a community based on principles of race, gender, class and religious equality. Exhibits tells the stories of famous abolitionist icons who lived in Florence like Sojourner Truth and David Ruggles, and ordinary heroes like Basil Dorsey who escaped slavery and built a new life in freedom here while continuing to engage in antislavery work.

 

Current exhibits include: 

 

~David Ruggles: At the Vanguard of Liberty 

 

~“The Spirit Calls Me There”: Sojourner Truth in Florence, 1844-1857 

 

~Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist 

 

~People, Places, and Paper: The Underground Railroad in Northampton and Florence 

 

 Visitors are also invited to peruse the DRC’s extensive library or make an appointment for the archive. 

 

 Museum tours are also availably by appointment. For inquiries of all types, please email info@davidrugglescenter.org.

 

 

 

Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue

121 Pine Street


Florence,

Massachusetts

01062

 

 

 

 

 

 

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