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“Let the Dead Rest”: The Tumultuous History of the Arnold Burying Ground

June 24, 2025

This is a guest blog post by Rebecca Dawson, a rising senior studying American History and Cultural & Historic Preservation, Salve Regina University. Rebecca ...

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“A Sewer for the Filth, Foulness and Dirt”: Newport Confronts the Ku Klux Klan

June 20, 2025

This is a guest blog post by Evelyn Daigneault, a rising senior studying history and English at Brown University. Evelyn is a 2025 Buchanan ...

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What’s Up Newport: Newport Historical Society wins Award of Excellence for ‘A Name, A Voice, A Life: The Black Newporters of the 17th-19th Centuries’

June 10, 2025

By: Christian Winthrop, What’s Up Newport   On display at the Richard I. Burnham Resource Center from May to November 2024, A Name, A Voice, ...

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WPRI12: Newport Historical Society exhibition wins national award

June 10, 2025

By: Leah Crowley, WPRI12   NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — The Newport Historical Society (NHS) is being recognized at the national level for shining a light on ...

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Press Release: Newport Historical Society Wins National Award of Excellence

June 10, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2025 CONTACT Lauren Craig Press@NewportHistory.org Aja Bain, AASLH Director of Professional Development and Publications 615-320-3203 abain@aaslh.org   Newport Historical ...

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Newport This Week: Newport Historical Society Leads 250th Celebration

April 3, 2025

By: John Pantalone, Newport This Week Newport Historical Society Leads 250th Celebration Just about everybody will be getting into the act, but the New­port ...

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