Echoes of Liberty is a free, place-based storytelling experience born from our founding question: how do we meet the Black Revolutionaries who shaped the nation, not just read their names? We hand-build small, carefully crafted dioramas and pair them with clear, first-person audio drawn from petitions, poems, and court records. Scene by scene, people encounter these lives in everyday places, on a plaza, in a school hallway, at a library, so memory becomes public, not distant. Shaped with classrooms, churches, and community partners, Echoes invites a habit of listening to Crispus Attucks, Elizabeth “Mum Bett” Freeman, Prince Hall, Phillis Wheatley Peters, and others with attention, context, and care. Delivered through Hoverlay’s simple viewer, the stories meet you where you stand, and begin to shape what we do now.


Bring History Back to Life With Hoverlay
We chose Hoverlay because it lets us put Echoes of Liberty into real places, not just on a screen. Hoverlay is a free AR browser, think “maps for stories,” so anyone can open our channel, stand in a plaza or library, and hear these voices right where life happens. No custom app, no paywalls, no special gear, just a simple way to meet history with dignity and access.
Hoverlay provides:
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A free viewer on iOS/Android that opens “channels” like ours
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Place-based delivery so scenes appear where they belong
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Scalability & stability so we can focus on truth, craft, and care
What is Hoverlay?
A spatial AR publishing platform used by museums, festivals, cities, and artists to place audio, images, 3D, and video at real-world locations.
Why we chose it
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Built for culture & tours
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No custom app required
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Geolocated and shareable by QR/link


The Experience
Liberty rings louder when every voice is heard
From the archive to the street, stories find their place.
Step closer to the moments where courage changed the course.
Crafted dioramas make the past tangible, detail by detail.
