Recent Videos

Here we will post recent videos of interest to our Society

Click Here for Older Videos from the Past

A Short Video About the Society

“The Conspiracy to Destroy the Gaspee”

Last Call: The Beginning of Prohibition

Steamboats – Jim Garman Dec 11, 2019

History Comes Alive Oct 10, 2019

Historical Society 2019 Annual Meeting and “If Walls Could Talk” by Gloria Schmidt

Aquidneck Island Trolleys

Portsmouth Then and Now

by Jim Garman Nov 29, 2018

Anne Hutchinson – Founding Mother of Religious Freedom in America by Fred Zilian – July 17, 2018

June 2018 Annual Meeting

Island Park – An Illustrated Lecture – 1-24-18

Aquidneck Island Ferries and Bridges – 10-18-17

Life on Aquidneck Island During the Revolution 8-8-17

(C) Fred Zilian – All Rights Reserved

The Question and Answer portion of the Zilian video can be viewed at the following.

(C) Fred Zilian – All Rights Reserved

Annual Members; Meeting – June 19, 2017

Historical Cemetery Tour with Jacob Begin

Founders’ Day 2017

Prudence Island –  A Fine Summer Resort

History Comes Alive

Christian McBurney’s Lecture on Revolutionary War Abductions

Founding of Portsmouth – Jim Garman – Anne Hutchinson 425th Birth Celebration 7/22/16

Anne Hutchinson 425th Celebration (Part 1 of 3 videos), The Founders’ Brook Ceremony

Anne Hutchinson 425th Celebration (Part 2 of 3)  Founders’ Brook Garden Tour

Anne Hutchinson 425th Celebration (Part 3 of 3)  Library Art Exhibit

Portsmouth’s Celebration of the Declaration of Independence and lecture by historian John Parrillo.

Founders’ Day Ceremony March 7, 2016

The Founding of Portsmouth – Jim Garman – March 9, 2016

20 June 2016 Annual Meeting

Nancy Carlysle June 20, 2016 Lecture “Victorian Furniture Design, Run Amok or Inspired Creativity”