Hangroot: The Early Native and African Presence in Greenwich, CT with Teresa Vega

Join us for a local look at the Early Native- and African-American experience in Greenwich with researcher and historian Theresa Vega. Our discussion will include the rise and decline of the community of Hangroot, the area of Round Hill Road where her ancestors lived for generations, as well as her extended family’s fight to save their “Colored Cemetery” in the Byram section of Greenwich.

The Hangroot community was delineated as the area between Lake Avenue, Pecksland Road, Clapboard Ridge Road and just north of Glenville Road, although these boundaries changed over time with the ebb and flow of the African-American population. The name “Hangroot” refers to the use of root cellars and storage of winter vegetables hanging from rafters in the basements.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 6:00 – 7:00 pm

$10 M/$15 Non-members