Please join Tim Cranston as he strolls by the oldest homes in Wickford to discuss the village’s numerous connections to the Revolutionary War. We will examine tales of local heroes and Tory traitors and look into the story behind the “Wickford Gun”, the cannon that not only successfully defended Wickford Harbor, but also was hauled […]
On Wednesday, October 11th at 6:00 PM, the Battle of Rhode Island Association (BoRIA) and our partners the Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead and the Coventry Public Library welcomes Author Janet Uhlar to the Auditorium at the Coventry Town Hall Annex, 1675 Flat River Rd., Coventry, RI. Ms. Uhlar's lecture is General Nathanael Greene: […]
This seminar will bring together a host of local scholars and authors to share the history of enslavement in Rhode Island, and offer insights on the legacy of slavery’s grasp on the narrative of our national and state history, and examine the impact on our current society as we recognize the work that still […]
Monday October 16th at 6 pm Portsmouth Public Library Join The Battle of Rhode Island Association and the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution to find out if you have a Revolutionary War Patriot Ancestor. America is celebrating 250 years of Independence. Learn about the SAR. Learn about hereditary societies. […]
The Spurgin family of North Carolina experienced the cataclysm of the American Revolution in the most dramatic ways—and from different sides. Jane Welborn Spurgin was a patriot who welcomed Gen. Nathanael Greene to her home and aided the Continental forces. Her husband was a loyalist and an officer fighting for King George III in […]
Join The Battle of Rhode Island Association (BoRIA) and the Portsmouth Historical Society (PHS) Thursday October 26th at 6pm at the PHS Museum 870 East Main Rd in Portsmouth RI for a lecture on Conflict Archaeology and the Battle of Rhode Island. BoRIA is committed to researching, documenting, and sharing Rhode Island’s involvement in […]
The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) will open an exhibit of the archaeological study to find HMS Gaspee, the small Royal Navy ship that had been burned by Patriots in 1772. With generous local funding in 2021 the RIMAP study conducted a preliminary side scan study of the area south of Gaspee Point […]
John Hancock is often associated with the radical commencement of the Revolution and his audacious signature at the bottom of the Declaration of Independence, but his politics were not nearly as bold as they may have seemed. Throughout the Revolution, he frustrated both patriots and loyalists alike but remained the most popular and powerful […]
