“Seven From the Seventh” Stories from the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers, Rob Grandchamp | South County Museum Summer Speaker Series

Author and historian Rob Grandchamp will speak about the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers and how they tell the story of a Civil War combat regiment. The lecture will also feature seven artifacts!

Registration is not required. Visit the museum’s website for more information.

The Summer Speaker Series is free lectures and presentations by local historians, authors, and traditional craftspeople to mark the Museum’s 90th birthday. Series topics will include the connection of Rhode Island’s textile mills to the slavery economy, encounters among the Narragansett people and Roger Williams, and the history of trap fishing in the state.