by JHS | Apr 4, 2016 | Library Exhibits
Jamestown artists sometimes worked with materials that are not normally found in an artist’s studio. Orville Minkler created house-shaped coin banks from tin cans. Connie Armbrust painted a picture of the windmill on a discarded shingle from the windmill. See...
by JHS | Apr 1, 2016 | Events
Thank you, Jim Buttrick and Eric Archer, for an enjoyable and informative JHS trip to the Naval War College Museum in Newport. We learned about the “USF Constellation” & Tomas A. Todd’s Model at the NWC Museum. Thank you to Tom and his daughter...
by JHS | Mar 30, 2016 | Events
The next outing planned for JHS members is to the RI statewide Historic Preservation Conference in Wickford on Saturday, April 30. This is an excellent conference which moves to a different location in the state every year and this year it will be right across the Bay...
by JHS | Mar 17, 2016 | Library Exhibits
“Service above Self” The Jamestown Rotary. The exhibit of the Jamestown Historical Society at the Jamestown Philomenian Library contains photos of members from the 1950s, a placemat from the last Rotary May Breakfast in 2012, Tickets for the 44th Annual...
by JHS | Mar 9, 2016 | Events
The Naval War College Foundation and Naval War College Museum invite JHS members and their guests to a guided tour of the NWC museum. The NWC tour and talk by Tom Todd will take place Thursday, March 31. Car pools will leave Jamestown Museum at 10am. The tour will...