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The Windsor Freedom Trail Committee’s annual run will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 5:30 to 8:30 a.m. The start point is Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, 320 Hayden Station Road, Windsor. 

Learn about and celebrate the rich history of the Windsor Freedom Trail with your family and friends by visiting sites associated with the Underground Railroad and African American heritage and movement towards freedom.

The run is approximately 3.9 miles; a bus will follow the runners. It will begin at the Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church and will end at the Riverside cemetery on East Street in Windsor, a site where a number of African American soldiers from the Connecticut 29th and 31st colored regiments and other civil war units are buried. Participants will stop at other Windsor Freedom Trail Sites including the William Best House, the Joseph Rainey House, and the Nancy Toney grave site. Upon returning to the church, the group will visit the historic Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church cemetery.

A Freedom Trail T-Shirt will be provided to all runners and a country style breakfast will be provided for event participants after the run. Please register at wftrun2022.eventbrite.com and bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the Windsor Food Bank.

For questions, email windsorfreedomtrail@hotmail.com For the health and safety of our guests, staff, volunteers, and community, please bring a face mask and practice social distancing at events. This event is free and open to the public.