A Postcard, a Clarification, & an Apology
Earlier this week, RIHS members and donors received a postcard asking them to consider our Annual Fund in their holiday … Continue reading A Postcard, a Clarification, & an Apology
Woody Spring, Rhode Island Astronaut!
Space Shuttle missions began in 1981, a year after Rhode Island’s own Sherwood “Woody” Spring was selected as an astronaut. Spring, raised in Eden Park in Cranston and Harmony village, graduated from Ponaganset High School in 1963.
Historical Research in Rhode Island Will Never Be the Same …
For the first time in more than 50 years, historians, students, authors, and genealogists from across New England – and around the world – will no longer be visiting the Rhode Island Historical Society Library to pursue their work.
Miss Peck: The “19th Century Indiana Jones”
The following is a guest post by former RIHS intern Jessica Chandler. Pictured here in her mountaineering uniform in 1908 … Continue reading Miss Peck: The “19th Century Indiana Jones”
Flag Day Spotlight: 14th R.I. Heavy Artillery
The following is a guest post by RIHS intern Jessica Chandler. Happy Flag Day! In celebration, this post is dedicated … Continue reading Flag Day Spotlight: 14th R.I. Heavy Artillery
The Burning of the Gaspee
The following is a guest post by RIHS intern Jessica Chandler. When the Gaspee, an armed British Navy ship, became … Continue reading The Burning of the Gaspee