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St. Mark’s Cemetery

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West Road and Sunset Hill Road
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States

May 2023

St. Mark’s and DAR to Dedicate Markers to Founding Patriot and Enslaved Person

Saturday, May, 6, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
St. Mark’s Cemetery, West Road and Sunset Hill Road
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States
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On Saturday, May 6 at 10:30 am, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, together with the Hannah Benedict Carter Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), will dedicate two commemorative markers in St. Mark’s West Road Cemetery. The public is invited to the ceremony which will include prayers, scripture, a tribute to Capt. Stephen Betts and Jesse Betts, and a feather blessing in recognition that the cemetery was once Siwanoy hunting grounds. A light reception will follow at…

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