Members of the board gathered on Sunday March 22 to move furniture in the main museum to get the floor painting completed L to R Rich Talipsky, Doug Smith, Jim Garman, Gary Gump, Dave Faucher, Dave Gleason and Mike Paglierani, (not pictured, Photographer Jan Rogerro)
Congratulations to Lois Ryan who was elected to the Society Board of Directors, at the January 17, 2018 meeting. Lois fills a vacant position on the Board Class of 2019. We regret that accepted Tim Ryan’s resignation from the Board.  Tim has promised to remain active with the Society as his schedule permits. Tim’s departure leaves
One of the first community Christmas events, and the year’s final event of the Historical Society was the “Christmas in Song” concert presented by the Newport Navy Choristers.
Sarah J. Eddy was inducted into the RI Heritage Hall of Fame Sunday December 3, 2017. Jim Garman accepted the award in the name of the PHS. For those not familiar, she was a humanitarian, artist, sculptor, author and a master photographer, whose work was shown in Paris and London among other places. Born in
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Friends of Anne Hutchinson sent greetings for Anne’s Birthday via post card.
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Toby Liederman, the coordinator of the Bronx History Forum sent a Birthday letter on Anne Hutchinson. Happy Birthday AH0001 She also sent a biography of Anne and a map showing Anne’s areas in the Bronx. AH Background0001
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On July 6, 2017, the Portsmouth Town Clerk brought the Town’s Copy of the Declaration of Independence out of the vault for the public to see. It is called a “Southwick” copy. Upon the signing of the declaration in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress commissioned its official printer, John Dunlap, the create copies of the Declaration
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Our annual members meeting was held at the museum on Monday evening June 17, 2017 The Society recognized Jill Much, who is Past President and current Corresponding Secretary, for her outstanding contributions to the Society.
Board Members Jim Garman, Doug Smith, Dave Faucher, Dave Duggan, Gary Gump and Rich Talipsky did a lot of “digging” to excavate the lower part of the museum foundation to allow access to paint the lower parts of the walls. After “digging” a trench, they “filled” it in with pea gravel. This will not only
