by JHS | Jun 14, 2021 | Events
Speech Delivered at the Dedication of the Slave History Medallion at East Ferry, Jamestown, RI, May 22, 2021 Image courtesy of Rhode Island Historical Society, MSS 1026, Folder 14, Thomas G. Hazard, Deed of Sale, 12/29/1791. Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye....
by JHS | May 27, 2021 | Events, Newsletters
Our Spring 2021 Newsletter is now available for download. Don’t miss the committee reports of all the things that we’ve been working on while at home. And take a look at the donations that made over the past year, we value everyone’s efforts to...
by JHS | Dec 15, 2020 | Events, Newsletters
Our Fall 2020 Newsletter is now available for download. Don’t miss the committee reports of all the things that we’ve been working on while at home. And take a look at the donations that made over the past year, we value everyone’s efforts to keep...
by JHS | Sep 8, 2020 | Events, JHS in the News
The new brass plaque, sponsored by a grant from the William Pomeroy Foundation, was placed on the mill this summer. The windmill has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973. An earlier plaque disappeared several years ago. The National Register...
by JHS | Nov 7, 2019 | Events, Library Exhibits
Remembering our Veterans In honor of Veterans’ Day, November 11, medals and certificates awarded to Jamestowners during World War I and World War II are on display in the JHS exhibit case in the foyer of the Jamestown Philomenian Library. The awards have been...
by JHS | Sep 25, 2019 | Events, Library Exhibits
New Library Exhibit: September, 2019 From 1922 to 1982, Jamestown had its own theatre – called the Palace at first and, after 1946, the Jamestown Theatre. The theatre brought movies to the people of Jamestown in the days when the ferry schedule governed whether an...
