Welcome, Visitor, to the new Vermont African American Heritage Trail Website!
Although the VTAAHT website opened in 2015, in June 2024, while in the process of adding links to new audio content relating to the Trail from the Brattleboro Words project , we discovered that the old website was completely non-functional, and unfortunately after several rounds of attempting to use the repair tools available from our hosting provider, we were unable to recover the old website.
Fortunately, we had begun the project of a complete redesign of the website several years ago, but the project had been placed on the back burner. This meant we had about 75% of what we needed to immediately transition operations to the new website, so we are pressing forward.
Unfortunately, this means that there’s still a lot of content about individual site on the Trail that needs to be added, and we are hard at work doing just that.
What is completed so far:
- Building a Google Maps of all the Sites and Historic Markers on the Trail
- Location information for all Historic Markers on their respective pages
- Addition of links to all the new audio content from the Brattleboro Words project
- Downloadable PDF files of the latest version of the VTAAHT printed brochure, which can also be found at Vermont Welcome Centers, and the Vermont Black History Bibilography.
- The Site page for Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home
What needs to be completed ASAP:
- The Site pages for all the other Sites on the Trail
- Adding Google Maps to all the Historic Site Marker pages
- Adding educational program information to the Education page
- Fleshing out the GeoTour page
- Adding Site pages for the additional Sites in New York State
- Adding general information to the top Sites and Historic Site Markers pages
We thank you for your visit and your patience while we get the new site fully functional, and we hope you will return soon to plan a visit or a vacation to Vermont to learn more about the history of Black Americans in Vermont.
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