In partnership with the League of Women Voters and the YWCA of Greenwich, the Greenwich Historical Society welcomes all to participate in our 2025 Douglass Day Celebration.
Douglass Day is an annual and nationwide event that gathers individuals, schools, and organizations in collectively creating free and available resources for African American History in honor of Frederick Douglass and his lasting legacy.
The event encourages people across the nation to participate in an afternoon transcribe-a-thon, where participants can take part in making history accessible through transcribing of archival documents shared from the Library of Congress. All transcriptions will be made available as resources for learning about African American history.
Throughout the day, the event will feature speakers, who will delve into various topics and readings on African American history, as well as a Great Douglass Day Bake Off Competition to make the perfect history-themed birthday cake to celebrate Douglass and the significance of his role in history. All speakers and baking highlights will be broadcast live from the Douglass Day website.
As part of this meaningful event, the Greenwich Historical Society will host the transcribe-a-thon in the Permanent Museum Gallery from 12-3pm.
Bring your computers and tablets to access the archival materials. Staff will be on hand to join in this interactive event. For tips and tutorials on how to transcribe, check out the Douglass Day website here: https://douglassday.org/transcribe-2025/.
This year’s themes, collection of archives, and speakers will be announced soon.
