Asking for Forgiveness
 
Without spectral evidence, the young girls could not provide any evidence for their accusations, and thus the fall of their illusion. In May of 1693, Governor Phips allowed all who were in prison to be let free (as long as they could pay their jail bills). A gentler feeling soon befell the Church when in 1697 Reverend Joseph Green succeeded Samuel Parris as the official minister of Salem Village. He changed the traditional seating arrangements to force enemies to sit next to each other during services, and, under Rev. Green’s influence, Ann Putnam, the leader of the accusations, offered a public apology in 1706.
The entire colony of Massachusetts observed a day of atonement in 1697 for those persecuted, prompting one of the condemning judges to seek public forgiveness for his part in the trials. A bill passed in 1711 restored the rights and good names of some of the victims, allowing them restitution to their heirs.
In 1957, Massachusetts apologized yet again and, more recently in 1992, Salem and Danvers (previously Salem Village) dedicated memorials to the 25 who died during the trials.

Now there is a Salem Witch Museum in the city of Salem. To find out more about it, visit their website.