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The Year 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Jonathan Myrick Daniels on August 20, 1965 in Hayneville, Alabama at the height of the civil rights movement. This brochure is intended to be a pilgrimage through the world of Jonathan Myrick Daniels in his hometown of Keene, NH. There are many resources devoted to the legacy of Jonathan Daniels in the Keene area. Special Collections devoted to Jonathan Daniels are located at the Historical Society of Cheshire County and in the archives of the Mason Library at Keene State College.

Jonathan was born on March 20, 1939 in 1939 Keene to Connie and Dr. Philip Daniels. Grew up in Keene where he worshiped at First Congregational Church (now the Graduated from Keene High School in 1957 1957 United Church of Christ in Keene) as a and entered the Virginia Military Institute child and at St. James Episcopal Church as a where he graduated valedictorian of his class teenager. in 1961. After a brief time as a graduate student at Harvard University, he decided 1961 to become an Episcopal priest when he Enrolled at the Episcopal Theological School experienced a renewal of faith during Easter in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the fall of services at the Church of the Advent in 1963 1963, sponsored by his home parish, Boston. St. James Episcopal Church.

Went south in March of 1965, answering the On August 14, 1965 Jonathan was arrested in 1965 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call for students Fort Deposit and jailed in the small town of and clergy to join him on what became the Hayneville, Alabama. He along with several historic march from Selma to Montgomery, others, Roman Catholic priest Richard Alabama to demand the right to vote for Morrisroe, Joyce Bailey, and SNCC (Student African Americans. Unlike many others, Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) worker Jonathan stayed on in Alabama throughout Ruby Sales were released from jail on August that spring and summer to live with black 20th. It being a hot summer day, they head- families, to help register African American ed to a small store to buy a cold drink. Their voters, and to integrate Episcopal churches. entrance was blocked by deputy sheriff, Tom Coleman, who raised his shotgun threatening Named a saint and martyr of the Episcopal 1980 Ruby. Jon pushed her out of the way taking Church in 1980 and with the Rev. Dr. Martin the shotgun blast himself. He died instantly. Luther King, Jr. is one of only two Americans His body was brought back to Keene and the listed in the Memorial Book of Heroes and funeral service was held at St James on Martyrs at the Canterbury Cathedral in England. August 24th. He is buried at the nearby 1991 Monadnock View Cemetery. Beginning in 1991, the Episcopal Church His epitaph reads: “Greater love hath no man celebrates Jonathan’s life and work annually than this, that he lay down his life for his on August 14th. St. James Episcopal Church friends.” (John 15:13) of Keene has a special worship service on the Sunday close to that day when speakers discuss civil rights issues. Visit www.stjameskeene.org.

Jonathan Myrick Daniels Keene Pilgrimage The sites listed mark the major milestones of his life in Keene as well as local memorials in his honor.

2 Childhood home 1 Born at Elliot Community ß 67 Summer Street Hospital (Now Elliot Center, Keene State College) 229 Main Street

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LEVERETT 4 SCHOOL 3 Childhood church First Congregational Church (Now the United Church of 2 SUMMER Christ in Keene) 23 Central Square WASHINGTON6 STREET ROXBURY STREET

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Colony Mill MAIN STREET 4 Attended elementary school Marketplace GILBO AVENUE at Tilden School (Now Waldorf High School) 146 School Street

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5 Attended Central Junior High School (replaced by Cheshire County Courthouse) 39 Winter Street

6 Studied at Keene High School 7 Attended St. James Episcopal (Former location of Church as a teenager Keene Middle School) Site of his funeral 17 Washington Street 44 West Street All of the sites on this map are in easy walking The graves of Jonathan Daniels distance from downtown except for #9 (Monad- and his parents are located in nock View Cemetery) and #12 (Jonathan Daniels Section C of the Monadnock School). The Monadnock View Cemetery is 2.3 View Cemetery in Lot # 34 S 1/2. miles from St. James Episcopal Church, and Jona- The entrance is off of Park Avenue than Daniels School is 3 miles from the church. The opposite Olivo Road. school and the cemetery are 1 mile apart. F C Section C SECTION C Lot 34 S

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The 0.9 mile Jonathan Daniels Trail travels along the Ashuelot River. In 1968 one of Keene’s elementary schools was named 11 Jonathan Daniels Trail 12 Jonathan Daniels in Jonathan’s honor. Ashuelot River Park Elementary School West Street, entrance across 227 Maple Avenue from the Colony Mill Marketplace