The latest in a series of civil discourse with the Newport Historical Society Join the Newport Historical Society for a Civic Conversation on Thursday, July 9, 2020 from 5-6:30pm virtually on Zoom. This fourth Civic Conversation will build on past discussions about Americanness, Crisis, and Liberty and will focus on the question “How American is Protest, […]
https://newporthistory.org/event/civic-conversations-how-american-is-protest-and-how-much-protest-is-american/The latest in a series of civil discourse with the Newport Historical Society Join the Newport Historical Society for a Civic Conversation on Thursday, July 9. 2020 from 5-6:30pm virtually on Zoom. This fourth Civic Conversation will build on past discussions about “Americanness,” Crisis, and Liberty and will focus on the question “How American is […]
https://newporthistory.org/civic-conversations-is-protest-patriotic/Please join us for the latest installment of our ‘Civic Conversations’ program series at the NHS Even before we became a nation, ideas about liberty and freedom shaped both alliances and conflict in America. Certainly, liberty became a foundational value, but it has never been uncomplicated. Roger Williams felt that we could all be free […]
https://newporthistory.org/event/a-civic-conversation-what-does-liberty-mean-in-america-today/Please join us for the latest installment of our ‘Civic Conversations’ program series at the NHS Even before we became a nation, ideas about liberty and freedom shaped both alliances and conflict in America. Certainly, liberty became a foundational value, but it has never been uncomplicated. Roger Williams felt that we could all be free to practice […]
https://newporthistory.org/civic-conversations-what-does-liberty-mean-in-america-today/Please join us for the latest installment of our ‘Civic Conversations’ program series at the NHS Drawing on history, current affairs and the state of the Nation, we will assemble to talk together, seriously and civilly, about an issue of concern. Is it true that we have lost the ability to listen to those […]
https://newporthistory.org/civic-conversations-what-does-a-crisis-ask-of-us-as-americans/Guest post by journalist Brian Hubert, who is chronicling the work of the History Space initiative. He recently interviewed Liz Mees, a regular participant in the Newport Historical Society’s living history programs, about the nature of this work, and how she came into it. “Today people in the funny clothes just isn’t enough,” said living historian […]
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