Fran Day and Joyce Chiapetta, from the Kenilworth Historical Society, visited the students in Mrs. Karen DeMaio’s second grade class at St.Theresa School in Kenilworth.
Mrs. Day discussed Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad. She showed the students a hollowed gourd used as a ladle for drinking and explained the the term “drinking gourd” was used as a code for the Big Dipper to help the escaping slaves follow the North Star. The students learned the meaning behind the words to the song “Follow the Drinking Gourd.”
(above, l-r) Front Row: Dylan Salvadore, Theodore Milewski, Michael Antinozzi, Arielle Lopina, Alexa Nogueira, Abigail Han, Bryce Mays and Back Row: Joyce Chiapetta, Fran Day, Brandon Lissade, Sean Matier, Rhayanne Koblinger, Emma Cabrera, Quinn Powers, Jacob Falconer, Mia Pumarada, Bianca Luciano.
