Rhode Island Cemetery Weeks: April-May 2024

Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Awareness and Preservation Weeks (Rhode Island Cemetery Weeks) will feature dozens of free programs in April and May. Rhode Islanders of all ages are invited to participate […]

Major General Nathanael Greene Memorial Bench Dedication

Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead 50 Taft Street, Coventry, RI, United States

Join the Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead and the Nathanael Greene Homestead Association in marking our nation's 250th anniversary! The two organizations will dedicate a memorial bench in honor of […]

Rhode Island Independence Day Open House

Rhode Island State House 82 Smith Street, Providence, RI, United States

The State House Restoration Committee and the RI Department of State will host an Open House on Rhode Island Independence Day, Saturday, May 4th!

Virtual Lunch Bite — A map created by Lafayette’s aide-de-camp for King Louis XVI

Zoom

In 1777, French army officer Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, with the marquis de Lafayette. During the American Revolution, Capitaine du Chesnoy served with Lafayette as both his aide-de-camp and mapmaker, producing several important plans of key engagements. In addition to his maps serving as vital tools for French officers who […]

Bench Dedication at the Nathanael Greene Homestead

Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead 50 Taft Street, Coventry, RI, United States

The Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution will be dedicating a bench to Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead. This was a tremendous fundraising effort to honor this Rhode Island Native Son's contributions to birth of our nation. April 20th, 2024 at 10:00 am

Dr. Robert A. Selig on “The Culture of Death: Military Burial Practices during the American War of Independence”

Varnum House Museum 57 Peirce Street, East Greenwich, Rhode Island

The Battle of Rhode Island Association Lecture Series sponsored by the Rhode Island Senate Legislature and the General Society of Colonial Wars continue as we partner with the Portsmouth Historical Society and the Varnum House Museum to bring a series of lectures from historian Dr. Robert A. Selig in Portsmouth and East Greenwich. On Sunday April […]

Smith’s Castle Opening Day

Smith's Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, North Kingstown, RI, United States

This season’s Smith’s Castle Opening Day kicks off with an 11am parade down Richard Smith Drive with re-enactors, docents, and the Wickford Rangers marching to the lawn of the Castle […]