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 | | John Brown House Museum 52 Power Street Providence, RI (401) 273-7507 Guided Tours Tuesday-Friday: 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm.
Saturdays: 10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm 
Museum of Work & Culture 42 South Main Street Woonsocket, RI (401) 769-WORK (9675) Tuesday-Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. 
RIHS Library 121 Hope Street Providence, RI 401-273-8107 x10 Wednesday-Friday: 10:00am to 5:00pm 2nd Saturday of the Month: 10:00am to 5:00pm Search NETOP: Our Collections Catalog View our Holidays, Closings and Event Calendar. |
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| | Thursday, April 5, 6:30 p.m.
| | The Aldrich House 110 Benevolent Street, Providence Cost: Free. Reservations requested.
 | | Ms. Amanda Hoskins and Mr. Albert H. Small |
Amanda Hoskins, a Coventry High School senior, is possibly the youngest person to ever present at the Rhode Island Historical Society. In 2011, Ms. Hoskins, and her teacher, Mrs. Lisa Johansen, were one of fifteen student/teacher teams nationwide chosen to travel to Normandy, France with the Albert H. Small Student and Teacher Institute. The purpose of the institute, organized through National History Day, is to help preserve the legacies of those soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom on D-Day. At this event, Ms. Hoskins will discuss her experiences with the institute, as well as the results of her historical research on the Normandy Campaign and the lives of two Rhode Island soldiers buried at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, 1st Sgt. Henry S. Golas of Lincoln and Pvt. Michael Macera of Johnston. She will also show a preview of an upcoming PBS documentary on the young scholars' travels to Normandy. Click here to visit Ms. Hopkin's website, Normandy: Sacrifice for Freedom 2011. |
| Tuesday, April 17, 6:30 p.m. | | The Aldrich House 110 Benevolent Street, Providence Cost: Free. Reservations requested.  | | Portrait of Andrew Jackson. Hand colored lithograph. RHi x171181 |
The Rhode Island Historical Society and the Newell D. Goff Center for Education and Public Programs present a lecture exploring the role of Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 and his legacy as "The People's Great Avenger." Jason Opal's talk considers how Andrew Jackson organized and then justified his invasion of Spanish Florida in 1818, which targeted Seminole Indians as well as escaped slaves and British abolitionists living in the province. A nation-wide debate followed in 1819 over the legality and morality of what Jackson saw as retaliatory violence. After a long and passionate debate in Congress early that year Jackson set out on a triumphal tour of the East Coast, in which he was feted as the "avenger" of the American people and the embodiment of a new kind of national and individual sovereignty. This event, as much as the Battle of New Orleans, marked the end of the War of 1812 - one that people all over the United States, Rhode Island included, could celebrate. Dr. Opal is the author of Beyond the Farm: National Ambitions in Rural New England and has recently published an edited collection of Thomas Paine's writings, Common Sense and other Writings. He is an Associate Professor of History at McGill University.
| | Saturday, April 21, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | | The John Brown House Museum 52 Power Street, Providence Cost: Free with the regular house tours at 10:30, 12:00, 1:30 and 3:00. (Museum admission prices: Adults, $8; Seniors and Students, $6; Children 7-17, $4; RIHS Members, FREE)
 Eighteenth and 21st centuries meet at the John Brown House Museum when RIHS Director of Collections Kirsten Hammerstrom and Registrar Dana Signe Munroe get the museum ready for spring in the 18th century manner. Dressed in period-appropriate clothing, with buckets, cloths, and brooms, we will start with the formal parlor and demonstrate for visitors domestic work described in Hannah Glasse's "The Servants Directory, Improved, or, House-Keepers Companion," published in 1762 and Susannah Whatman's Housekeeping Book (1776-1800).
Fortunately, recently completed construction has provided us with a house full of dust ready for cleaning. Join us on Saturday, April 21, from 10 to 4:00. The program is free with the regular house tours at 10:30, 12:00, 1:30 and 3:00. Follow dress making progress and research updates, as well as a report of the day's findings, on our blog at rihs.wordpress.com. |
| April 2012 Events | | There are a number of exciting programs planned throughout the month of April. Please click the title of the event to view further details!  | | On April 19 at Gallery Night, Fran Leazes will present "In Search of Albert Martin: A Rhode Island Road to the Alamo." |
Thursday, April 12, 5:30 p.m. The Museum of Work & Culture, Woonsocket
Saturday, April 14, 10 a.m. North Main Street at Branch Avenue, Providence
Thursday, April 19, 6:30 p.m. The John Brown House Museum, Providence
Saturday, April 21 Woonsocket and the Blackstone River Valley
Wednesday, April 25, 6:30 p.m. The RIHS Library, Providence
| | Ongoing Exhibit at the John Brown House | | John Brown House Museum 52 Power Street Providence, RI Contact: Elyssa Tardif, (401) 331-8575 x45 or etardif@rihs.org 
Providence has a history of celebrating its past in style. This year marks the 375th-anniversary of Roger Williams' founding of Providence, an event that Rhode Island has long commemorated. This exhibit highlights a variety of artifacts and images from the Sestercentennial of 1886 and the Tercentenary of 1936 preserved in the Rhode Island Historical Society collections, including parade paraphernalia and Roger Williams's relics. This event is part of an exhibit and lecture series co-sponsored by the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University celebrating the 375th Anniversary of the founding of Providence. Programs are co-sponsored by the RI Historical Society and the Haffenreffer Museum and are linked to the Museum's exhibition "Customes, Manners, and Worships: Rhode Island Begins." |
| Wanderlust? | | RIHS Partners with Conway Tours on Two Great European Tours in 2012.
Ireland - $2069 pp + taxes, fees and surcharges Departs September 4 9 Days/7 Nights featuring round trip air, 3 and 4 star hotels throughout, 14 meals and services of a Professional Conway Tour Manager. 
Sorrento, Italy - $1899 pp + taxes, fees and surcharges Departs November 4 9 Days/7 Nights featuring round trip air, a 7 night-4 star hotel stay in Sorrento, 17 meals and services of a Professional Conway Tour Manager. 
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