Cruise ship season is in full swing in Newport this fall. The first appearance of an ocean liner in our harbor was Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth 2 ...
More InfoIn April of 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail from Philadelphia, “You bid me burn your letters. But I must forget you ...
More InfoAs we approach the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 2012, we note that several Newport names are associated with ...
More InfoIn order to address hostilities during the time of King George’s War, the Rhode Island General Assembly voted to build a sloop in 1740. ...
More InfoBefore our era of texting and tweeting, news traveled through printed materials. To celebrate the history of moveable type and colonial-era technology, the Newport ...
More InfoThursday, October 6th at 5:30pm Colony House, Washington Square On July 29, 1778, a powerful French naval squadron sailed confidently to the entrance of ...
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