Join us for the Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village's grand re-opening (after Covid19) and the unveiling of our new exhibit celebrating African American Alexander Lucius Twilight on Saturday, June 19 at 11:00 AM. Light refreshments will be provided for the exhibit dedication with museum tours until 3:00 PM. All completely FREE to attend.

Details & Tour Sign Up: https://www.oldstonehousemuseum.org/juneteenth-alexander-twilight-exhibit-unveiling/

This ceremony will take place on Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. The museum celebrates this day in 1865 when enslaved people were set free in Texas by executive decree some two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. This day is now seen as the official end to slavery in the United States and also falls only eight years after Mr. Twilight died here in Brownington, Vermont.

The exhibit will return Mr. Twilight's artifacts to the home he constructed, the Alexander Twilight House, where they will be on prominent display in his parlor. The items on display include Mr. Twilight's desk, trunk, bible, sermons, iron bar, ox yoke and books. His wife Mercy Ladd Merrill Twilight's own coffee set and silver spoons will also be available for viewing along with framed photographs of the couple.

Oct 1, 2024, 9:30 to 10:30 AM

Oct 1, 2024, 7 to 9:30 PM

Oct 2, 2024, 5 to 6:30 PM