Aug 16, 2023 Glen Manor House Celebrates 100 years with a Family-Friendly Open House Over 150 guests celebrated the anniversary of Glen Manor House. They enjoyed live music by...
William Ellery Channing, the famous early 19th Century Unitarian preacher from Newport and Boston whose liberal philosophy inspired transcendentalists like Emerson and Thoreau, loved his family farm in Portsmouth more...
July 20, 2023 Lecture by Jim Garman ” Steamboats on Narragansett Bay and the Sakonnet River” 70 people attended the lecture at the museun hall. The entire museum was open...
June 11 and 25, 2023 -Historical Society Museum Displays Special Flags The Portsmouth Historical Society museum and grounds opened on June 11tha and 25th to display two flags from the...
June 6, 2023 – Wade Catts, the co-director of a team that excavated the remains of Hessian soldiers killed in a battle against Col. Christopher Greene and the 1st and...
June 1, 2023 – Historical Society President, Craig Clark, Marybeth Clark and Board Member Rich Talipsky were on hand, with about 25 other non-profits, at Innovate Newport to greet and...
May 11, 2023 – Lecture “Abby Sherman Diaries” – Jim Garman The Life of Abby A. Sherman Portsmouth town historian Jim Garman discussed the life of Abby A. Sherman (1847-1933) based on her diaries...
May 8 – Walking Tour of Portsmouth Friends Churchyard Visitors joined Stephen Luce for a walking tour of the Portsmouth Friend’s Churchyard. You will learn about the history of the...
April 23 -Guests joined author Amanda Quay Blount as she presented the intriguing research that led to her new book, Meet Me At The Biltmore: 100 Years at Providence’s Most...
March 29, 2023 “Dark Voyages”, Lecture by Christian McBurney Portsmouth Historical Society Presented “Dark Voyage” by Historian Christian McBurney on March 29. Portsmouth, RI – Historian Christian McBurney spoke his...
