18 Old Town Rd

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Join us this summer as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of US independence with community events, tours, and lectures at the Historical Society.

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Events
The Web They Wove: Women & their Wardrobes during New England’s Revolution, with Rebecca Donahue & Theresa Giard of the Dirty Blue Shirts
Jul 9
The Web They Wove: Women & their Wardrobes during New England’s Revolution, with Rebecca Donahue & Theresa Giard of the Dirty Blue Shirts

Costumed historians Rebecca Donahue & Theresa Giard of the Dirty Blue Shirts will share stories of the women who waged the Revolutionary War and what they wore as their worlds “turn’d upside down.”

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Block Island Historical Society Featured on PBS

The Block Island Historical Society Museum, Gallery, and Shop, a three-story building with a red mansard roof at the intersection of Old Town Road and Ocean Avenue (Bridgegate Square) in Block Island, Rhode Island.

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