JHS at the CIAA Holiday Fair Dec. 2

JHS at the CIAA Holiday Fair Dec. 2

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...
Guest Lecture – Christian McBurney

Guest Lecture – Christian McBurney

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...
Black Regiment: Backstory

Black Regiment: Backstory

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...
Yacht Club Exhibit

Yacht Club Exhibit

The Conanicut Yacht Club was founded in 1892 and is one of the oldest yacht clubs on Narragansett Bay. This month’s exhibit in the JHS case in the foyer of Town Hall celebrates the many activities of the club. The featured piece is the silver tray awarded to Price...
JHS Museum 2023 Grand Opening

JHS Museum 2023 Grand Opening

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...
Town Hall: License Exhibit

Town Hall: License Exhibit

The new exhibit mounted by the Jamestown Historical Society in the mini-exhibit case in the foyer of Town Hall features licenses and license applications from the JHS collection. The earliest application, from May 24, 1760, is a handwritten application from William...