“We Need a Parade!” The Newport Historic Spring Leadership Committee is pleased to host a special photography exhibit by Newport resident and acclaimed photographer ...
More InfoThe fifth Civic Conversation tackled what was, apparently, the thorniest question so far: do we, in America today, have a shared set of facts ...
More InfoThis guest post was written by Art Historian Astrid Tvetenstrand, whose recent research at the NHS was supported by the New England Regional Fellowship ...
More InfoThe Newport Historical Society recently received a donation of a portrait of Marion Safford Oates Charles (1919-2018) and her husband Robert Charles (1913-2000). The ...
More InfoToday marks the anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, fought on September 10, 1813 during the War of 1812. The battle was a ...
More InfoNewport farmers long prized seaweed as fertilizer. Rather than contemplate each strand, they raked it, heaped it, and carted it away. The mid-19th century ...
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