Events
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Afternoon Tea & Presentation by Marilyn Harris as Abigail Adams
Smith's Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, North Kingstown, RITea & Presentation in the Updike Dining Room The Declaration: Not Just Jefferson Tea * Fruit * Scones Tea Sandwiches * Sweets Marilyn Harris, Docent & Castle Historian, will share…
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African American Responses to the American Revolution in Rhode Island
Smith's Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, North Kingstown, RIKeith Stokes, Rhode Island Historian Laureate How did the enslaved feel about the phrase "All Men Are Created Equal"? Come join Rhode Island's Historian Laureate for a talk about the…
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Afternoon Tea & Presentation by Janet Dionis, Block Island Historian
Smith's Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, North Kingstown, RIThreads of Time: Unravelling the History of Block Island Shipwrecks through Quilts and Their Makers The wrecks of three ships, the Warrior, the Spartan, and the Larchmont, are all connected…
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East Greenwich in the American Revolution
Smith's Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, North Kingstown, RIMatt Carcieri East Greenwich Historian gives a talk on East Greenwich’s response to the American Revolution. Through a focus specifically on the events of 1775 in to 1776, the talk…
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A Tribute to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment
Smith's Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, North Kingstown, RIFREE ADMISSION · SUGGESTED DONATION LIVING HISTORY Valerie Tutson Rhode Island Black Storytellers Tutson will perform a presentation portraying the wife of Caesar Updik, and tell their lives of upheaval…
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Early Reparations in the Wake of the Revolutionary War
Smith's Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, North Kingstown, RIHistorian Robert A. Geake will offer a presentation entitled “Early Reparations in the Wake of the Revolutionary War: The Struggle for Widows and Heirs of Patriots of Color for Recognition…