“The Conspiracy to Destroy the Gaspee”

On February 4th, 2020, as a followup up to our book club, Gaspee Days Historian Dr. John Concannon gave a lecture titled “The Conspiracy to Destroy the Gaspee” with interesting snippets about Prudence Island. It is an important piece of RI history, commemorated “over the bridges”. See Celebrate@gaspee.com and History@Gaspee.org. A video of the presentation is available on our […]

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“History Book Club “Burning of the Gaspee”

Tuesday, January 14   Portsmouth Historical Society Book Series Topic: The Burning of the His Majesty’s Schooner Gaspee: An Attack on Crown Rule Before the American Revolution, by Stephen Park Location: Portsmouth Library The Portsmouth Historical Society in partnership with the Portsmouth Free Public Library hosts regular discussions of books that bring our fascinating local history alive. January’s book

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“Steamboats” Lecture by Jim Garman

Wednesday 11 December 2019 at 630 PM at the Library – Town Historian Jim Garman presented a lecture on “Steamboats on Narragansett Bay and the Sakonnet River” at the Portsmouth Free Public Library. This illustrated lecture was co-sponsored by the Library and the Portsmouth Historical Society. The talk included many photographs and information on many

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