Join the Newport Historical Society for a talk with Professor Serena Zabin, author of The Boston Massacre: A Family History on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 5:30pm at the Leatherman Program Center, 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI. Zabin’s The Boston Massacre delivers an indelible new slant on iconic American Revolutionary history. The story of the […]
Join the Newport Historical Society for a talk with author Tom Schachtman on The Founding Fortunes: How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited from America’s Revolution on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 5:30pm at 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI. Schachtman makes the case as to how the disparity between social classes affected the Revolution, and […]
Join the Newport Historical Society for a talk with Dr. Allison Horrocks on Rhode Island's Suffrage Centennial: From Radical Social Movements to Ratification, on Thursday, April 30th, 2020 at 5:30pm at the Leatherman Program Center, 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI. The year 2020 marks the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment. As another election […]
Join the Newport Historical Society for a talk with Corinne Porter on Rightfully Hers on Thursday, May 21st, 2020 at 5:30pm at the Leatherman Program Center at 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI. National Archives curator and former NHS Buchanan Burnham Intern, Corinne Porter will discuss the history and contemporary relevance of the 19th Amendment to […]
Join the Newport Historical Society for a talk with author John Hodgson on Itinerant Performers on Thursday, June 4th, 2020 at 5:30pm in the Leatherman Program Center at 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI. Discover the untold history of Richard Potter, known as America’s first Black Celebrity, and the first showman to win truly nationwide fame […]
