by JHS | Mar 20, 2024 | Events, JHS in the News
April 4, 2024, 2 pm Registration required. JHS Speaker: George Whitley – Rhode Island Jonnycakes Thursday, April 4 at 2 pm, Jamestown Library, Wright Room Registration required in advance: Email info@jamestownhistoricalsociety.org Benjamin Franklin loved...
by JHS | Dec 1, 2023 | Events, JHS in the News
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, 9 am – 4 pm Lawn Avenue School, Jamestown, RI Visit the Jamestown Historical Society table at the CIAA Holiday Fair. We’ll have great gift items including lots of different books for adults and children, framed and unframed ferry...
by JHS | Nov 8, 2023 | Events, Newsletters
Our Fall Newsletter is now available for download. This spring and summer were very busy as the JHS offered talks, outings, exhibits, events, and gatherings. Some events were only for members, some for the wider...
by JHS | Oct 24, 2023 | Events, JHS in the News
Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay: The Coast Guard’s War on Rumrunners, a talk and slides by Christian McBurney Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 4 pm, Senior Center, 6 West St, Jamestown, RI All invited. Free. During World War I and World War II, Rhode Island was...
by JHS | Aug 19, 2023 | Events, JHS in the News
JHS Recommended Event: “The Backstory of the Black Regiment: Soldiers’ Ties to Community and Kin” Lecture by Peter Fay, Patriots Park Commemoration by NAACP Patriots Park, Portsmouth, RI, August 27, 2023, 3 pm Philo Phillips of North Kingstown was 27 when his...
by JHS | May 28, 2023 | Events, JHS in the News
On May 26, the 2023 JHS Museum opened a new exhibit, “Celebrating Jamestown Ferries: 150th Anniversary of Jamestown’s First Steam Ferry”. JHS members enjoyed a reception highlighting the anniversary of the first steam ferry going into service in Jamestown...