St. Louis County FIGHT OF FREEDOM SYMPOSIUM at the North County Recreation Complex.
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RootsTech 2024 Global Genealogy Conference Jackson Keynote
Join Lynne and many others at the Rootstech 2024 Global Genealogy Conference Feb 29-Mar 2, 2020 in Salt Lake City
In-person or Online.
Meet our Keynote Speakers
Speakers at RootsTech come from around the world and cover a wide range of family history subjects
https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/speakers
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INTERVIEW WITH DRED & HARRIET SCOTT’S DESCENDANT ON LIVING ST. LOUIS
GIVING TUESDAY – Donors Like You Are the Answer to the Question
We are most thankful for each and everyone who has joined us in our mission this year in person and in heart!
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Dear Friends,
Increase your influence on the next generation by joining us this year for the annual event, Giving Tuesday.
Our world is changing at a rapid pace. The work of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation is committed to remembering the past (Commemoration),
telling this and the next generation the facts (Education),
and modeling restored relationships that lead to a more peaceful and unified community (Reconciliation).
Along with many educational programs and speaker opportunities, new reveals and grateful recognitions, it will prove to be another extraordinary year….. AND with friends like you, we will succeed!
This Giving Tuesday, we would like to give to anyone who donates $100 or more, our new Special Edition Cover Dred Scott Pocket Constitution in commemoration of the 165th anniversary of Dred’s death in 1857 on September 17th, (Constitution Day)!
If you have donated in the past, we hope you will continue your gracious giving.
If this is your first opportunity to participate in Giving Tuesday, we invite you to be a part of uplifting this sincere work and accept our heartfelt thanks!
* Donate from this site
* Donate via check made to DSHF – send to:
DSHF P O Box 705, Florissant, MO 63032-0705
Thank you for standing with us!
Lynne M. Jackson
President and Founder
“All things are possible, only believe!”
New Marker for Harriet Scott
Harriet Robins Scott is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in St. Louis. For many years, her location was not known. Mrs. Etta Daniels had the records and a few people knew but it was not revealed publicly until 2006 when Mrs. Ruth Ann Hager, a certified genealogist was doing research on Harriet and through several attempts concluding with a phone call to Lynne Jackson, she was able to narrow down the many Harriet’s to one, our Harriet at Greenwood. This happened to occur in 2006, a year prior to the 150th anniversary of the Dred Scott Decision in 2007. As Lynne likes to say, “She wasn’t going to miss out on the party!”
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Harriet Scott Memorial Dedication Gallery
New Monument Celebrating the legacy of Dred Scott
Lynda Burgman, Grant Writer and avid supporter
On September 30, 2023 Dred Scott received a new memorial monument.
It was for the occasion of the 165th anniversary of his death which was September 17, 1858. As it turns out, that became Constitution Day!
The new monument replaces the wonderful headstone which has been there since 1957 and was donated by Mrs. Harrison of Pennsylvania, a descendant of Scott’s original owners Peter and Elizabeth Blow.
To share his legacy and impact on our nation, his great-great granddaughter, Lynne Madison Jackson and her Dred Scott Heritage Foundation, provided a new monument with the aspects of the Foundation’s goals of Commemoration, Education and Reconciliation noticeably visible. The new memorial is in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO where Scott is among the top most asked for gravesites in the cemetery of over 300,000 persons.
Treasure Shields Redmond, Lynne Madison Jackson, Dred Scott Madison II,
Peggy Lewis LeCompte, Dr. David Konig, Dr. Kimberly Norwood
Dred Scott Memorial Monument
Dedication Gallery 1
September 30, 2023
Dred Scott Memorial Monument
Dedication Gallery 2
September 30, 2023
Save The Date!
Juneteenth Conference at Arch
| The St. Louis Gateway Arch National Park is hosting the Gateway to Inclusive History Conference on Juneteenth, Monday, June 19, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Conference attendees will hear from representatives from theNational Underground Railroad Network to Freedom; the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network; and the African American Civil Rights Network and learn how to nominate St. Louis area sites to these networks. Conference speakers include Barry Jurgenson, Midwest Region Program Manager for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom;Nathan Betcher who is a historian with the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network; and Ariel Roy, partner historian with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. The conference also includes presentations from local groups and individuals working to commemorateAfrican American history in St. Louis. 2:00 Afternoon speakers will be include:Lynne Jackson from the Dred Scott Foundation,Linda Nance from the Annie Malone Center,Dr. Angela DaSilva from the Mary Meachum CrossingNetwork to Freedom Site, andVivian Gibson author of The Last Children of Mill Creek. Kelly Schmidt, Postdoctoral Research Associate with the WashU& Slavery Project, and Elizabeth Simons, Community Program Manager with Great Rivers Greenway will moderate a roundtable about a potential African American Heritage Trail in St. Louis. Attendees will include members of the National BlackMBAs St. Louis Chapter.Contact Michelle Perkins at 314-608-8846 for more information to join their group for a Juneteenth program at 1 p.m. that will end by joining the Arch program at 2 p.m. The conference is free to attend, no registration is required.You will be required to go through security. Please contact Pam Sanfilippo at [email protected] for more information. |
NO TEARS PROJECT
This event is free and open to the public but registration is required. Click on the image below to register!
You can watch the panel discussion here:
No Tears Project St. Louis: Recognition Before Reconciliation Panel Discussion
Who is Sam Blow?
An original poem by Treasure Shields Redmond
Here is a most beautiful poem penned by Ms. Treasure Redmond Shields about Dred Scott as seen through the eye of his wife Harriet. I am greatly appreciative of the sincerity and gentleness with which she describes who the composite man was. Bravo, Treasure.
And Thank You!
Lynne M. Jackson
PHOTO GALLERY
Roundtable 92nd Street Y New York
