Alexander Twilight


  • Letter to the editor: College could add an honoree

    In their commemoration of Stephen Douglass and Alexander Twilight, Middlebury College might also honor Martin Freeman.

  • Town to honor Black leaders from the 1800s

    Town to honor Black leaders from the 1800s

    Not enough people know that famed abolitionist, orator, journalist and founder of the U.S. Civil Rights movement Frederick Douglass brought his anti-slavery message to Middlebury during the summer…

  • Runde’s Twilight portrait unveiled at Statehouse

    Runde’s Twilight portrait unveiled at Statehouse

    Middlebury artist Katie Runde worked on a life-size portrait of 19th century educator, minister and lawmaker Alexander Twilight for more than a year to make it just right…

  • Letter to the editor: Twilight portraitist choice missed the point

    Where was the representation? It’s too bad that the Friends of the Vermont State House didn’t choose a Black artist to create the portrait of Alexander Twilight. Ann…

  • Local artist to paint portrait of Twilight

    Local artist to paint portrait of Twilight

    The Vermont Statehouse is filled with framed portraits of governors, historic military figures and — let’s just say it — old white men. Addison County Sen. Ruth Hardy…