A two-part walk through the community’s shared history has been organised for Sunday aimed at “bringing people together around the theme of learning”.

Glenn Fubler of the group Imagine Bermuda was joined at the event announcement by Kentoine Jennings, former captain of the Bermuda football team, who recently discovered his ancestors were among 12 formerly enslaved men who built the old Elliot School in Devonshire on land they collectively purchased.

The walk, which sets out at 4pm from Christ Anglican Church in Devonshire, will highlight the 175th anniversary of Elliott Primary along the way.

Participants will also learn of the late Edwin Skinner, who founded Howard Academy in 1944, defying racial segregation to provide education to Black students.

Howard Academy occupied several locations, but started from Mr Skinner’s Devonshire home.

Part one of the walk concludes at Devonshire Recreation Club – with the second leg heading to Victoria Park in Hamilton.

Walkers will hear of the history of institutions such as the Technical Institute, The Central School – now Victor Scott Primary – and The Berkeley Institute, which is marking its 125th anniversary this year.

Elena Strong, the executive director of the National Museum of Bermuda, said the community knowledge would be preserved on the Smartify app available through the museum’s website.

Mr Fubler said the announcement date of the walk was itself historic.

Today marked 60 years since the milestone General Election of 1963.

“It was a breakthrough occasion that helped transform Bermuda into a democratic society,” Mr Fubler said. “Prior to that, only people with land could vote.”

Mr Fubler added that Devonshire Rec was the scene of early Progressive Labour Party meetings leading to the 1963 election in which the late Dame Lois Browne-Evans became a Member of Colonial Parliament.

Dame Lois represented Devonshire North, defeating the incumbent Sir Bayard Dill.

Collin Simmons, former education officer of the Bermuda Industrial Union, was announced honorary co-chairman of the history walk along with George Cook, an historian and retired president of the Bermuda College.

Mr Simmons said: “Trade unionism, introduced to Bermuda in 1946, has been at the forefront of workers’ education.

“It continues in that role to educate the workforce of Bermuda of their rights. It’s been a very long journey from those early pioneers who created unionism.”

Mr Fubler said: “The overall goal is to get the attention of the community, to remind ourselves we are learning beings.”

Participants can embark on the walk as a whole, or park at Devonshire Rec and walk the last half to Victoria Park.

Julie Rousseau, head of school for Saltus, is supporting the event with Riki Teteina, principal of Somersfield Academy, and Dave Horan, the Warwick Academy principal.

Organisations contributing include the Adult Education School, the communities of The Berkeley Institute and Elliot Primary, the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, the Chewstick Foundation, the Department of Education, the Human Rights Commission and the Mirrors Programme as well as Imagine Bermuda and the NMB.