Farmington’s Freedom Trail Tours

Event Date : Jun 08 2024

Our Freedom Trail Tours will resume June 8th, 2024!

Join us on a tour which shows the actual places where the Amistad captives lived during their time in Farmington. Go back with us to 1841!

“Andre, I wanted to thank you for a wonderful field trip today. I really appreciate the effort you and your team put into making the Amistad & Underground Railroad Walking Tour informative and engaging for 5th graders. I have been on some version of this field trip about 20 times in my career, and I will say that the current version of the trip is the best one!”        

Judy Muirhead, Grade 5 Teacher, West Woods Upper Elementary School

“Although I have lived and worked on Main Street since 2008, I was amazed at how much Farmington history I did not know. The FHS Farmington Freedom Trail tour was well organized, insightful and left me thinking more deeply about our town. The re-enactors brought authentic enthusiasm to the sharing and re-telling of Farmington history and made it feel real. I will highly recommend this tour going forward.”    

Michael Bergin, CFO/COO, Miss Porter’s School

                           Portrait of Cinque by Nathaniel Jocelyn

The Farmington Historical Society offers an introductory lecture by Andre LePelle Keitt followed by a guided walking tour to the various sites throughout the village which were part of the Mende stay in Farmington, as well as several sites which were part of Connecticut’s Freedom Trail.

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