ROAD TO HOME

Join us!

for the official inauguration of the

UPPER HOUSATONIC VALLEY AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL

with 

MOTOR COACH TOURS–SYMPOSIUM–CEREMONIES

Pittsfield · Great Barrington · Sheffield

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

Road to Home, Lenox Massachusetts c. 1903. Photograph by James VanDerZee. The picture shows Hubbard Street, looking westerly from a point near the VanDerZee home and up Hubbard Street Hill.  Copyright Donna Mussenden VanDerZee.

Join us for the official inauguration of the Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail through 29 Massachusetts and Connecticut towns in the proposed Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area.

Your choice of three Inaugural Tours begins at Second Congregational Church in Pittsfield, with a 7:00 am Registration and 8:00 am Opening Ceremony, and concludes with a 3:30 pm Dedication at the Ashley House in Sheffield. Please arrive in time to check-in before the Opening Ceremony. 

Lunch will be provided on each tour. 
Moderate walking is required for the Great Barrington and Pittsfield tours. 

Click here for your choice of Itineraries. Please indicate which tour you would like to attend on the registration form provided. Space is limited and all requests will be considered but not guaranteed. 

For information contact:
Rachel Fletcher
  413-528-3391 
rfletch@bcn.net

Click HERE for a regional map of the African American Heritage Trail (800 KB)

Click HERE for a regional map of the African American Heritage Trail (1.6 MB)

Click HERE for trip itineraries and registration form.