| The Salem Witch Trials Tercenternary Memorial is a reminder of the lessons of tolerance and understanding learned from the Salem Witch Trials. The Memorial is surrounded on three sides by a hand-crafted granite wall. Inscribed in the stone threshold entering the memorial are the victim's protests of innocence. These protests are interrupted mid-sentence by the wall, symbolizing society's indiffereence to oppression. Six Locust trees, the last to flower and the first to lose their leaves, represent the stark injustice of the trials. Cantilevered stone benches within the memorial perimieter bear the names and execution dates of each of the twenty victims. The Memorial was dedicated August 5, 1992 by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. The Memorial serves as an enduring tribute to the victims of the Salem Witch Trials and as a reminder that among all people and nations a spirit of tolerance and understanding should prevail. |
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| NAME | LOCATION | ARRESTED | FATE |
| Bridget Bishop | Salem Village | April 19 | Executed June 10 |
| George Burroughs | Wells Maine | April 30 | Executed August 19 |
| Martha Carrier | Andover | May 28 | Executed August 19 |
| Giles Corey | Salem Village | April 18 | Pressed to death September 19 |
| Martha Corey | Salem Village | March 19 | Executed September 22 |
| Lydia Dustin | Reading | April 22 | Died in prison May 10 |
| Mary Easty | Topsfield | April 22 | Executed September 22 |
| Ann Foster | Andover | July 15 | Died in prison date unknown |
| Sarah Good | Salem Village | February 29 | Executed July 19 |
| Elizabeth Howe | Topsfield | May 28 | Executed July 19 |
| George Jacobs Sr. | Salem Town | May 10 | Executed August 19 |
| Susannah Martin | Amesbury | April 30 | Executed July 19 |
| Rebecca Nurse | Salem Village | March 23 | Executed July 19 |
| Sarah Osborne | Salem Village | February 29 | Died in prison May 10 |
| Alice Parker | Salem Town | May 21 | Executed September 22 |
| Mary Parker | Andover | September 2 | Executed September 22 |
| John Proctor | Salem Village | April 11 | Executed August 19 |
| Ann Pudeador | Salem Town | May 12 | Executed September 22 |
| Wilmont Reed | Marblehead | May 28 | Executed September 22 |
| Margaret Scott | unknown | September 5 | Executed September 22 |
| Roger Toothaker | Billerica | May 18 | Died in prison June 6 |
| Samuel Wardwell | Andover | May 18 | Executed September 22 |
| Sarah Wilds | Topsfield | April 22 | Executed July 19 |
| John Willard | Salem Village | April 22 | Executed July 19 |