Please don't forget the forgotten this Thanksgiving

"f it's another person that I didn't know and I tried to advocate for them when, I don't even know them at all, so my story wouldn't match up with theirs […] I don't know what their life is like, but I know what your life was like."

- Audrey & Cedena Rocheford, Sisters & Students

North Andover Middle School

Connecting to Elizabeth Johnson Jr. in 1692

Elizabeth was convicted of a capital offense, witchcraft, and sentenced to hang. She was reprieved the day before her sentence was to be carried out, but never exonerated.

Her brother, Francis Johnson, petitioned on her behalf in 1710, but nothing came of it. As a single woman without children, Elizabeth’s name gradually faded into the realm of the forgotten until author Richard Hite discovered her fate and Ms. LaPierre’s middle school civics class took on her case.

This Thanksgiving, please think about someone who is in your family, circle of friends, or beyond who might be left out and forgotten. Inviting them to share a seat at your table is not only a gift to them. It will be a gift to your entire family.