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Library Exhibit – March 2018: Promotional Items
The new JHS exhibit in the Jamestown Philomenian Library features promotional items used by Jamestown business.
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Restoration at Arnold Cemetery – April 2018
On April 14, Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Restoration & Awareness Day, a dozen JHS volunteers met at the Josiah Arnold burial ground to clean up, straighten, and reset some of the 300-year-old tombstones.
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Members Only Tour of the Redwood Library Mar 2018
The Members Only Tour of The Redwood Library was wonderful. We learned so much about the history of the library and Athaeneum.
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Library Exhibit – March 2018: Programs
The new exhibit in the JHS display case in the Jamestown Philomenian Library features Programs for events as diverse as the celebration of the opening of the Jamestown Bridge and the 60th anniversary concert by the Jamestown Community Chorus.
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Library Exhibit – February 2018: Black History Month
Over 15 percent of Colonial Jamestowners were Black slaves. Through the hard economic times after the American Revolution, few Blacks remained.
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Library Exhibit – January 2018: Donations: December 2016 – November 2017
The January Jamestown Historical Society exhibit in the Jamestown Philomenian Library celebrates the more that 200 additions to the JHS collections received from 93 different individuals and groups between December 2016 and December 2017.
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Members Only Tour of Touro Synagogue – Jan 2018
The Members Only Tour of Touro Synagogue was wonderful. We learned so much about Touro’s role in religious freedom.
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Library Exhibit – December 2017: Ornaments & Holiday Cards
The new Jamestown Historical Society exhibit in the Jamestown Philomenian Library celebrates with a display of Christmas ornaments with a Jamestown theme and more than 20 years of holiday greeting cards from Conanicus Marine Services.
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Members Only Tour of the Newport Opera House – Nov 2017
The Members Only Tour of the Opera House was a very interesting peak at great things to come.
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2017 Fall Newsletter
Our Fall Newsletter is now available for download. See all the great things our members accomplished. Don’t miss the letter from our president Mary Heath and all of the committee reports.
