The Varnum House, FreshMaps, RI 250 Commission, and the Battle of Rhode Island Association are collaborating with historian Robert Geake to present a new seminar series titled "The Underwritten of…
Living History Comes Alive on Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29, 2025, at the Akin Farmstead in Dartmouth, Mass. This two-day event sponsored by the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust,…
The Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum presents "Forty Acres & The American Revolution; Stories of Independence & Servitude." A public talk, it features three leading scholars. Friederike Baer, a historian of 18th-century Hessian…
On July 7, 1779, Fairfield residents awoke to the sound of a cannon—a warning from the fort at Black Rock. A British fleet had been spotted anchoring off the coast.…
The Newport Historical Society’s annual French in Newport event—a day of immersive living history—returns to Washington Square on Saturday, July 12th. This free, family-friendly celebration features reenactments, exhibits and hands-on…
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