Thursday, October 27th from 5 pm - 7 pm. 82 Smith Street, Providence Please bring a non-perishable or canned food items to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank!

Trinity Church Medallion Installation, 4:00 pm Pumpkin Patch Festival 12 - 5:00 pm Queen Anne Square, Newport Free family fun! Join us to celebrate a new Medallion Installation at Newport’s historic Trinity Church and acknowledgment of the church’s role in RI slavery with guest speakers, RI Episcopal Bishop Rev. Nicholas Knisely and historian Rev. Canon Timothy Watt, plus […]

Join us for Dia De Los Muertos on November 2nd, 2022 from 5 pm - 8 pm. 5 Branch Ave, Providence, RI 02904

Do you think you have a revolutionary war patriot ancestor? America is celebrating 250 years of independence! Learn about the SAR. Learn about hereditary societies. Learn about genealogy basics. Meet with SAR members who will help you begin to see if you have a Revolutionary War ancestor!

The Butts Hill Fort Restoration Committee is seeking volunteers for our Spring Cleanup on Saturday March 25th (Rain date is March 26th). It starts at 9 AM and goes throughout the day. Come anytime. We will meet at the Portsmouth High School Tennis Courts next to the Fort. Every participant will need to sign a […]

The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead is hosting it’s 2023 Volunteer Meeting Saturday, March 25th. There will be a 9:30 Informational Meeting for folks interested in volunteering and new volunteers and a 10:00 am Meeting for returning volunteers. Are you interested in: -Making a positive impact on you community? -Helping to preserve history? -Meeting people […]

Portsmouth, RI – Historian Christian McBurney will speak his new book, Dark Voyage: An American Privateer’s War on Britain’s African Slave Trade (Westholme, 2022). Based primarily on a little-known ship’s log penned by a Newport captain’s clerk, McBurney’s new book chronicles the remarkable voyage by this Rhode Island privateer to Africa with its goal of advancing the […]

Join us for our 2023 Season Opening Day! Colonial Living History event, stop by the camp of our own resident Kingston Reds and Ladies of the Greene, enjoy Living History demos and learn about the American Revolution. Men-at-arms from Ye Olde Lebanon Town Militia, and visit with his Majesty’s own 54th Regiment of Foot. Grounds […]

From the thriving colonial rum trade through the temperance movement and Prohibition era smuggling, learn about the changing role of alcohol in the Newport community. This tour lasts approximately one hour; it starts at the Museum of Newport History (127 Thames Street) and concludes at Stoneacre Brasserie, where participants can enjoy a historically inspired rum […]