The Brattleboro Word Project connects community members to the Brattleboro area’s unique history, the art of audio storytelling - and each other. Our main focus is producing audio pieces and maps for the Brattleboro Words Trail free GPS-triggered audio app and a podcast, which lead listeners on an audio journey of the people and places that make Brattleboro America's most storied small town.
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Pick up a copy of the Brattleboro Words Trail Map to help guide you as you explore people and stories of southern Vermont.
Brattleboro's Legacy of Words
The companion book to the Brattleboro Words Trail is available at Everyone's Books in Brattleboro.
Hathaway Award
Best State History Project 2021
2022 American Association of State and Local History
Excellence Award
Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Vermont History Award
"It's going to have this beautiful artwork that is about the soul," Welch said. "It's about reminding us of the communities we live in. It's about giving us a sense of inspiration that together we can do great things when we share that journey together."
- Peter Welch
Research by the Brattleboro Words Project led the State of Vermont to place an historic marker near the Welcome Center on I-91 celebrating the land rights work of Lucy Terry Prince.
Currently on display at the gallery at 118 Elliot, this three-dimensional wall mural by Cynthia Parker Houghton will be a featured installation at the new Brattleboro Amtrak train station opening in the Fall of 2025.