2025 event

Tea and History

Sunday August 10th—4:30-6:00pm Tea plus John Dower. Details to follow.

*See Tea and History page Here for more details.

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Breakfast talk

Saturday September 13th 9:30am

Akeia de Baros Gomes

The newly appointed Director of the Wanton- Lyman-Hazard Historic House Museum in Newport, the first such museum in the State to be dedicated to black history, will discuss the mission of the house as part of the Newport Historical Society, and its role in educating visitors and native Rhode Islanders.

Tea and history

Sunday September 14th 4:30-6:00. SC Tea plus Ann Casey & the Rhode Island Master Gardeners. Talk about the Smith’s Castle Gardens and Garden Tour.

*See Tea and History Page Here for more details.

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Special event: Multi-media show Reception

Smith’s Castle as Seen and Imagined

Opening and Reception

Saturday September 20th 9:30am-11:00am

(on display through October)

**more details on this event to come!!

Breakfast Talk

Saturday October 11th 9:30am

John Dower, Former President of Cocumscussoc Association and Historian, and Marilyn Harris, Historian. They will speak about documents from the State Archives related to R.I.’s part in the Revolutionary Period.

Conversations at the castle

Thursday October 16th 6pm

Dr. Thomas F.  Army Jr. PhD.

The historian and professor of History from Quinebaug Valley Community College will give a presentation entitled Rhode Island Quakers and Slavery: It’s More Complicated than you Think.

Breakfast talk

Saturday October 25th 9:30am

Mark Burnham

Our own legal historian and trustee will give a presentation on the 14th Amendment of the United State’s Constitution and what the Founders intended by granting birthright citizenship.

breakfast talk

Saturday November 8th 9:30am

Robert A. Geake

Public historian and Trustee offers a presentation entitled “Citizens for the First Time: How New England Communities Contributed to the Cause of Liberty.” This talk is based upon information from his new book New England in the American Revolution: Stories of Starvation, Disease, and Determination.

Christmas at the castle

December 6th and 7th (Saturday and Sunday)

*Details TBA

Christmas Tea

Sunday December 14th

Late 18th Century Fashion Show by the Ladies of the Greene.     

*SOLD OUT*