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JHS Outing to Seabee Museum & Memorial-Jan 2019
JHS took a winter’s members-only outing to the Seabee Museum and Memorial. We were given a very informative tour by curator Jack Springle.
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Library Exhibit, Jan 2019 – Capt. Thomas Paine House – Cajacet
The Captain Thomas Paine house, Cajacet. the exhibit just mounted by the JHS in the Jamestown Philomenian Library, tells the story of Captain Thomas Paine.
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Library Exhibit – Donations 2018
The new exhibit the JHS case in the Jamestown Philomenian Library features some of the recent additions to the society’s growing collection of artifacts that reflect the history of our island.
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2018 Fall Newsletter
Our Fall Newsletter is now available for download. See all the great things our members accomplished. Don’t miss photos of Windmill Day and all the committee reports.
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Library Exhibit – Veteran’s Day 2018
This Veterans Day is the 100th anniversary of the end of the armed conflict now known as World War I but known at the time as the Great War.
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Library Exhibit – Garages – October 2018
The automobile changed the way Americans got around, and livery stables, where horses were kept for hire, changed to serve the new method of transportation.
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Library Exhibit, Aug 2018 – Textiles
Hanging in the large meeting room of the Library are three textiles from the collection of the Jamestown Historical Society.
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JHS visits The New England Wireless & Steam Museum Aug 2018
The JHS members-only trip to The New England Wireless and Steam Museum was enjoyed by four members.
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JHS visits Whitehall Aug 2018
The JHS members-only trip to Whitehall went very smoothly. It was very interesting to be toured by a visiting philosophy scholar. Thank you, Jim Buttrick for planning the expedition.
