Join us for a 6:30 pm reception to meet David Brussat, former Providence Journal columnist and author of "Lost Providence" and explore the first floor of the museum. At 7:00 pm, listen to an illustrated talk chronicling the trials and triumphs of Providence’s urban development – from lost buildings to urban renewal.
Larrie Ferreiro, author of "Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It," explains how the success of the War of American Independence depended on substantial military assistance provided by France and Spain, which saw their strategic interests align with those of America in the fight against England. At […]
In December of 1776, a large British military force established a post in Rhode Island, headquartered in Newport. Throughout 1777, the soldiers and sailors who had come to drive out “rebels” settled into a tense coexistence with an independence-minded civilian population that loathed their presence. On Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 5:30 pm, join author […]
"Irregular Warfare: Experiences across the Civil-Military Divide," a project at Brown University presents Helen Benedict, author of Wolf Season, in conversation with Maurice Decaul, a poet, essayist, playwright, and former Marine. "Irregular Warfare: Experiences across the Civil-Military Divide" is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, through its "Dialogues on the Experience of War" […]