Name: Stone Footprints: The Wandering Plaque of 1911
Start: 2026-03-26T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-26T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06105

Stone Footprints: The Wandering Plaque of 1911

Join us for a hopeful story about recovering the past as Jennifer Klau, Executive Director of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford, shares an exciting new research project that illuminates the experiences of the Jewish immigrants that once made the North End of Hartford their home.
An enormous marble plaque from 1911, serendipitously rediscovered in the basement of a Hartford school building, sparked a fascinating research dive into long-demolished buildings, extinct and extant community institutions, continuity and change. The story of this slab of marble illustrates the comings and goings of Hartford’s Jewish community from its roots in the North End to its eventual and complete migration to the suburbs. Come early to view our new exhibition, Drawn Here: Stories from Hartford's North End.
A companion program to the Making History, Making Change Lecture Series organized by Smithsonian Affiliations.