A talk by historian and author Emerson "Tad" Baker, given 6/10/2024.

While the Salem witch trials ended in May 1693, it took the community generations to recover from the trauma and loss. Some residents moved away while others changed the spelling of their family name. Many participated in legislative efforts to restore innocency to the victims, and others sought to knit the community back together through healing marriages between families of accusers and their victims. The collective pain and shame of the trials meant that Salem would not build a memorial to the victims until their 300th anniversary in 1992. It would take 25 more years before the city would memorialize the execution site at Proctor’s Ledge on Gallows Hill.

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