Colonial Tea
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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 observations about the sources of Jefferson's ideas and words in the Declaration as might have been made by Abigail Adams in letters to her "Dear…
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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 in an unusual way—calico. A study of Block Island quilts and the discovery of a quiltmaker's diaries add richness and dimension to the history of…
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Afternoon Tea & Presentation by Janet Dionis, Block Island Historian
Smith's Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, North Kingstown, RIDecember 13th Christmas Tea. Sunday at 2:30 pm - with Ladies of the Greene Colonial Fashion Show. The "Ladies of the Greene" is a volunteer living history group associated with the Nathanael Greene Homestead, dedicated to educating the public on 18th-century civilian life during the American Revolution. SOLD OUT Tea & Presentation in the Updike Dining…