We recently visited Emma Lazarus’s presence in Newport and her poem at the Statue of Liberty. Since all people, places and things revolve around ...
More InfoThis sepia toned photograph of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia 1864 was taken when Grant was Lieutenant General during ...
More InfoThe Newport Daily News recently published an editorial encouraging Newport’s visitors to walk, bike boat, and enjoy moving around the City in all ways except ...
More Info“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” These familiar lines from the sonnet The New Colossus were penned ...
More InfoA selection from the Gazette Françoise, from the Newport Historical Society’s collections, MSS Box A-16. During the American Revolution, France entered into an official ...
More InfoJacob Silvia, of Westport, MA, celebrated the Fourth of July with his family and the Newport Historical Society at the 1739 Colony House in ...
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