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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Little Compton Historical Society invites you to join us for the 2026 Annual Meeting. \n\n\n\n\n7:00 pm: Business Meeting\n\n\n\n7:15pm: Revolutionary Little Compton: History in their Own Words \n\nA presentation of the experiences of Little Compton residents during the Revolution. \n\n\n\n\n\n8:00 pm: Reception & Book Sales and Signing\n\n\n\n\nThe event will be live streamed on YouTube. The starting time is around 7 pm on August 12th. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to see the Live Stream!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year’s Little Compton Historical Society’s Annual Meeting will bring the experiences of the town’s Revolutionary War veterans and their family members to life. “Remembering the Revolution in Little Compton\,” is an original spoken word performance written by the Historical Society’s president\, Steven Lubar\, Professor of History and American Studies. \n\n\n\nAll of the memories in this performance are taken directly from documents written during the Revolution and the years following and were painstakingly researched by Professor Lubar. Newspaper articles and town council minutes reveal the debates that led up to the War\, military records provide details\, and the lived experiences of local veterans and their widows are drawn directly from their applications for government pensions. These documents reveal Little Compton’s residents’ many roles during the Revolution\, which were often far more harrowing than we once believed. Volunteers will read from original documents\, narrator Marc Anderson will provide historic context to the recollections\, violist Florrie Marshall will accompany the speakers with Revolutionary-era compositions\, and the Reverend George Harris will lead the audience in a period hymn. \n\n\n\n“Remembering the Revolution in Little Compton” will take place following a brief business meeting at 7 PM\, Wednesday\, August 12 at the Little Compton Congregational Church on the Commons. The presentation is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required. Seating is first come first served. The evening is made possible through the generous support of RI250\, BayCoast Bank\, Ocean State Charities Trust\, and dozens of Historical Society supporters. \n\n\n\nThere will be a reception following the presentation with light refreshments and a signing by Dr. Lubar of his new book “Remembering the Revolution: Little Compton\, Rhode Island\,” which features the Revolutionary-era recollections of dozens of Little Compton men\, women\, and children. The Historical Society’s new book “Reconnections: A New History of the Sakonnet Wampanoag People” will also be available for sale. \n\n\n\nFor anyone unable to attend the meeting in person\, a link to a live broadcast will be available on the Historical Society’s website littlecompton.org and “Revolutionary Little Compton” will soon be available for sale in the Society’s online shop.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/annual-meeting-2026/
LOCATION:United Congregational Church on the Little Compton Commons  & Online\, 1 Commons\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T200000
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SUMMARY:Summer Lecture: "Rhode Island Quakers in the War of Independence"
DESCRIPTION:Quakers almost from their founding refused to participate in military activities\, and Rhode Island Colony generally honored that position of conscience. The War of Independence challenged their position and forced hard decisions. This talk will explore how the Quaker community coped with the War of Independence\, and with changes to civilian life in the colony due to the British occupations and disruptions to maritime trade.   \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Elizabeth Cazden\n\n\n\nElizabeth Cazden is a retired lawyer and Quaker historian based in Providence\, RI. She has written and spoken in both academic and public settings on Quaker history\, with a special focus on New England Quakers’ participation in the enslavement of Africans and in land expropriation from Indigenous communities. She is also an active Quaker\, having served in many capacities for New England Yearly Meeting and national and international Quaker organizations. 
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/summer-lecture-rhode-island-quakers-in-the-war-of-independence/
LOCATION:Friends Meetinghouse\, 234 West Main Road\, Little Compton\, Rhode Island\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T200000
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SUMMARY:Spring Virtual Lecture Series: "A NEW HISTORY OF THE SAKONNET WAMPANOAG PEOPLE - Part 2: Life after King Philip’s War"
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Marjory O’Toole \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew research conducted over the last fifteen years has dramatically changed and broadened our understanding of the history of the Sakonnet Wampanoag people. We’ve been learning from Wampanoag advisors and studying historic documents\, the archaeological record\, and the Sakonnet landscape. LCHS Executive Director Marjory O’Toole will share some of what we have learned about seventeenth-century Sakonnet sachems like Awashonks\, Takamona\, and Mamanuah along with lesser-known individuals from more recent times including Sue Codimonk\, Moses Suckanush\, and Thomas Cooper. This second half of the history will explore the how the Sakonnets and their Acoaxet neighbors responded to the arrival of English newcomers\, established a thriving Indian Meeting House on John Dyer Road\, and continued to live on their homelands\, slowing moving to neighboring Native communities.   \n\n\n\nTo view the first half of the talk presented at the 2025 LCHS Annual Meeting click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TgkErwEie0&t=73s \n\n\n\nThe talk begins at 11 minutes and 45 seconds. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Marjory O’Toole\n\n\n\nMarjory is the Executive Director of the Little Compton Historical Society. She holds an MA in Public Humanities from Brown University and is the author or editor of ten local history books. 
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/spring-virtual-lecture-series-a-new-history-of-the-sakonnet-wampanoag-people-part-2/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T190000
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SUMMARY:Spring Virtual Lecture Series: "Lafayette in the American Revolution and his Evolution as an Anti-slavery Advocate"
DESCRIPTION:Lafayette played a critically important role in the American Revolution\, both as a general and as an intermediary between the United States and France. Moreover\, experiences with African Americans during the war transformed him into a leading anti-slavery advocate. Lafayette’s most significant military achievement was the Virginia Campaign of 1781 which led to the siege of Yorktown and victory in the last major battle of the War. His signal diplomatic achievement was the dispatch of General Rochambeau’s army to America in 1780. Lafayette’s relationship with African Americans in the War\, especially with the First Rhode Island Regiment and an enslaved double agent in Lord Cornwallis’s camp was the genesis of a 50-year commitment to the anti-slavery cause. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Alan Hoffman\n\n\n\nALAN R. HOFFMAN obtained a BA in history from Yale before earning a JD at Harvard Law School. An avid reader of early American history\, he “discovered” Lafayette in 2002 and spent two years—2003 to 2005—translating Auguste Levasseur’s Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825\, the first-hand account of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour of America written by his secretary. Mr. Hoffman has lectured widely on Lafayette—over 260 talks—and has spoken in each of the 24 states (and Washington\, D.C.) which Lafayette visited during the Farewell Tour. Mr. Hoffman co-produced and was the principal author of virtual travelogues covering Lafayette’s Farewell Tour visits to four states: New York\, Virginia\, North Carolina\, and New Hampshire (with TravelStorysGPS). Most recently\, he edited and contributed to Lafayette and the Enduring Struggle for Human Rights and Democratic Governments (American Friends of Lafayette\, Gaithersburg\, Maryland: 2025). Mr. Hoffman currently serves as President of the American Friends of Lafayette and President of the Massachusetts Lafayette Society. He is also the editor of The Gazette of The American Friends of Lafayette. During the AFL’s Farewell Tour Bicentennial\, he served on the Steering Committee that organized commemorative events in 24 states.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/spring-virtual-lecture-series-lafayette-in-the-american-revolution-and-his-evolution-as-an-anti-slavery-advocate/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T200000
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SUMMARY:Spring Virtual Lecture Series: "The Mighty Struggle for Liberty & Reform: George Burleigh and His Remarkable Family"
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jennifer Rycenga\, Ph.D. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo one evoked the beauties of Little Compton more than George Shepard Burleigh (1821-1903)\, except maybe his son\, Sydney Richmond Burleigh\, in painting. But George was much more than a lover of nature. Burleigh was the youngest child from a family of seven Abolitionist siblings. He wrote pointedly against slavery\, against the death penalty\, and in opposition to the war with Mexico. His literary work was widely published and championed by the literary elite (including Longfellow and Lowell)\, and he was recognized by the Transcendentalists as a kindred spirit. His marriage to Ruth Burgess\, of Little Compton\, brought George into the natural splendour of this corner of the world. But he never lost his reformer’s conscience\, supporting women’s rights and temperance in the decades after the Civil War. George – and his love of Little Compton’s scenery and families – are more significant than has been previously acknowledged. This talk will outline the last four decades of George’s life\, when he lived in Little Compton. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Jennifer Rycenga\n\n\n\nJennifer Rycenga\, author of Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Female Academy (University of Illinois Press\, 2025)\, is Professor Emerita in the Humanities Department at San José State University. Her scholarly work has focused on the Abolitionist movement\, exploring areas previously hidden or marginalized\, such as Black women’s activities and voices\, the anti-racist work of white Abolitionists\, and networks of families and friends involved in the struggles against slavery and injustice. In addition to her work on the Canterbury school controversy\, she has led two Digital Humanities projects on the Burleigh family of Plainfield\, Connecticut – seven siblings who all supported Prudence Crandall and the Canterbury school – and philosophic analyses of the work of Black speaker Maria Stewart (1803-1879).  \n\n\n\nRycenga’s other work ranges widely across feminist musicology (co-editor with Sheila Whiteley of Queering the Popular Pitch\, Routledge 2006)\, global feminism (Frontline Feminisms\, co-edited with Marguerite Waller\, Routledge 2001)\, and lesbian philosophy (The Mary Daly Reader\, co-edited with Linda Barufaldi\, New York University Press\, 2017). Her next major work will examine the convergence of justice\, history\, art\, and the natural world.Jennifer Rycenga lives in Rochester\, New York with her wife Peggy Macres\, an elderly yet spry Shitzu-Poodle named Patsy Cline\, and two highly-contented cats\, Lyssa (Greek; Bringer of Chaos) and Ipo (Hawaiian; sweetheart).
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/spring-virtual-lecture-series-the-mighty-struggle-for-liberty-reform-george-burleigh-and-his-remarkable-family/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T203000
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SUMMARY:Sakonnet Mishoon Artist’s Residency
DESCRIPTION:Master mishoon maker Jonathan James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) joined us in an artist’s residency this past September. He led a team of Wampanoag artisans and paddlers in the making of a Wampanoag mishoon (dugout canoe) at LCHS\, which is located on the traditional homelands of the Sakonnet Wampanoag people. Jonathan and his team then conducted a Reconnecting Ceremony and launched the mishoon near Squant Rock\, a sacred Wampanoag site\, at Sakonnet Point\, and paddled the mishoon on the Sakonnet River. In this talk\, Jonathan will share his personal insights about the project.  \n\n\n\nTraditional singer\, dancer\, speaker and carver\, Jonathan James-Perry is grounded in the traditions of his ocean-going ancestors. He considers designs by examining the raw materials closely\, and draws his images from the grain\, hues\, and patina of wood\, stone\, and copper. Jonathan enjoys using the materials and knowledge handed down from his ancestors to express his understanding of the natural world as well as the changes over time since Creation. His mentors\, like the late Nanepashemet (Tony Pollard) of the Wampanoag Nation\, have taught him to observe and take special care when handling these materials\, and breathing life into his pieces of art. Jonathan’s work embodies the refined quality of those of his ancestors\, while still drawing upon his experience in a contemporary society. His pieces reflect balance within the Natural World\, incorporating stories\, effigies\, and symbology of Wampanoag traditions.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/sakonnet-mishoon-artists-residency/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T203000
DTSTAMP:20241121T184619Z
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SUMMARY:Appreciation vs. Appropriation
DESCRIPTION:With Speaker Silvermoon LaRose (Narragansett Niantic) \n\n\n\nAssistant Director at the Tomaquag Museum  \n\n\n\nZoom—Wednesday\, February 26\, 2025  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is cultural appropriation? Why is cultural appropriation harmful? How can we show appreciation for other cultures without appropriating them? Join Silvermoon LaRose\, Assistant Director at the Tomaquag Museum\, for a presentation that delves deeper into the concerns associated with appropriation and how you can avoid appropriative practices.  \n\n\n\nSilvermoon Mars LaRose is a member of the Narragansett Tribe\, devoted to her family\, and always striving to be a good Auntie to all within her community. As the Assistant Director of the Tomaquag Museum\, she is dedicated to the sharing of cultural education and the preservation of cultural belongings held in trust for future generations. Silvermoon has worked in tribal communities for over 20 years\, serving in the areas of health and human services\, education\, and humanities. In 2022\, Silvermoon participated in the Rhode Island Foundation’s inaugural Equity leadership Initiative cohort and now sits on its steering committee. As a public servant\, Silvermoon serves on the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts\, and as the secretary for the Charlestown Conservation Commission. Additionally\, she is the vice chair for the Avenue Concept supporting local public art ecosystems. As an artist and educator\, she hopes to foster Indigenous empowerment through education\, community building\, and the sharing of cultural knowledge and traditional arts. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology\, a minor in Justice Law and Society from the University of Rhode Island\, and a partially completed Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling from Western Washington University.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/appreciation-vs-appropriation/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T170000
DTSTAMP:20241217T140002Z
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SUMMARY:Documenting 13\,000+ Years in Sakonnet through Community Engaged Archaeology
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Kevin Smith\, Archaeologist  \nOsprey Heritage Consulting \nWednesday\, January 22\, 2025 \nZoom Talk  \n\nIn 2023\, as part of the Sakonnet History Project\, Kevin Smith partnered with the Little Compton Historical Society to study pre-Colonial stone tools and ceramics in the Society’s collections as well as those found by Little Compton residents over the past 75 years. Nearly thirty people shared what they had found in the Little Compton area in order to gain a better understanding of their collections. In this talk\, Kevin Smith will share what we learned from working with the community and how it helps to illuminate 13\,000+ years of life in the area that is today called Little Compton. \n  \nA museum professional for more than 40 years\, Kevin coordinated research and managed global anthropological and archaeological collections at the Buffalo Museum of Science and at Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. He curated and co-curated more than 50 exhibitions there; has contributed to exhibition design\, planning\, and content creation at the National Museum of Iceland; and is engaged in interdisciplinary research projects in Canada and across the North Atlantic. He is currently a Research Associate with the Arctic Studies Center at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History and with the State University of New York at Albany’s Department of Anthropology. He teaches part-time at Bridgewater State University and is a co-founder and partner at Osprey Heritage Consultants\, LLC. \n  \nRegister for the Zoom talk at: https://tinyurl.com/13kYears \n 
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/documenting-13000-years-in-little-compton-through-community-engaged-archaeology/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T210000
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SUMMARY:Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America with Speaker Paula Peters
DESCRIPTION:Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America  \nPaula Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag)\, Co-founder of SmokeSygnals \nTuesday\, December 3\, 2024 \nHybrid In-Person and Zoom Event \nIn Person Location: Little Compton Community Center \nPaula Peters will discuss the exhibit\, Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America.  The centerpiece of the exhibit is a magnificent new wampum belt\, through which Wampanoag artists of today share their story and set out their creative aspirations for the future.  The exhibit\, which has been on tour in the United Kingdom and throughout the Northeast\, tells the story of Wampanoag Native America. The Wampanoag people have inhabited the northeastern United States for over 12\,000 years. Wampanoags greeted the passengers of the Mayflower in 1620 and helped them survive\, yet for almost 400 years\, the story of the impact of that event and its aftermath on the Wampanoag Nation has been widely marginalized in the telling of American history. This new exhibit explores that largely-untold story\, using images\, ideas\, and wampum by contemporary Wampanoag artists and educators\, and examines and celebrates the art\, culture\, and resilience of the Wampanoag Nation. The centerpiece of the exhibit is a magnificent new wampum belt\, through which Wampanoag artists of today share their story and set out their creative aspirations for the future. \n  \nPaula Peters\, founder of SmokeSygnals\, a Native production company\, is a politically\, socially\, and culturally active member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. As an independent scholar and writer of Native\, and particularly Wampanoag history\, she is a producer of the traveling exhibit “Our” Story: 400 Years of Wampanoag History and is recently engaged in the Wampum Belt Project in search of the lost treasures of Metacom\, including an effort to restore the art and tradition of wampum making among her people. She is the executive producer of the 2016 documentary film Mashpee Nine and author of the companion book. She lives with her extended family in Mashpee and travels internationally to speak and educate on the true Wampanoag story. \n  \nPlease click here to pre-register for the Zoom Talk: https://tinyurl.com/WampumTalk
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/wampumtalk/
LOCATION:Little Compton Community Center\, 34 Commons St\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T153000
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SUMMARY:Linda Coombs Talk and Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Author Linda Coombs\, Aquinnah Wampanoag\, author of Colonization and the Wampanoag Story\, will join us for an author talk and a book signing. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to meet and hear from the author.\n\n\n\nLinda’s author talk is part of our autumnal equinox celebration that will include the making of a Wampanoag mishoon and crafts and activities lead by a team of Wampanoag educators. All of the activities on September 22 from 10 to 4 PM are offered free and open to the public\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book\nUntil now\, you’ve only heard one side of the story: the “discovery” of America told by Christopher Columbus\, the Pilgrims\, and the Colonists. Here’s the true story of America from the Indigenous perspective. \nWhen you think about the beginning of the American story\, what comes to mind? Three ships in 1492\, or perhaps buckled hats and shoes stepping off of the Mayflower\, ready to start a new country. But the truth is\, Christopher Columbus\, the Pilgrims\, and the Colonists didn’t arrive to a vast\, empty land ready to be developed. They arrived to find people and communities living in harmony with the land they had inhabited for thousands of years\, and they quickly disrupted everything they saw. \nFrom its “discovery” by Europeans to the first Thanksgiving\, the story of America’s earliest days has been carefully misrepresented. Told from the perspective of the New England Indigenous Nations that these outsiders found when they arrived\, this is the true story of how America as we know it today began. \n  \nAbout the Author\nLinda Coombs (Aquinnah Wampanoag) is an author and historian from the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah\, and lives in the Wampanoag community of Mashpee on Cape Cod\, MA. Coombs began her museum career in an internship at the Boston Children’s Museum\, and later working there in the Native American Program.  She and her colleague Paulla Dove Jennings (Narragansett) wrote children’s books for a museum series highlighting aspects of southern New England tribal cultures. Coombs also worked for 30 years in the Wampanoag Indigenous Program (WIP) of Plimoth Plantation\, including 15 years as WIP’s Associate Director; and 9 years at the Aquinnah Cultural Center.  Presently she does independent museum consulting and cultural presentations.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/linda-coombs-talk-and-book-signing/
LOCATION:Little Compton Historical Society\, 548 West Main Road\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Family & Community Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T160000
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SUMMARY:Autumnal Equinox Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Autumnal Equinox Celebration: Sunday\, September 22 \n\nLast Mishoon Burning Day\nPublic Welcome: 10 AM to 4 PM\nActivities from 11 AM to 2 PM\n\nJoin Wampanoag artisans & educators to learn about and participate in traditional \nartforms and games: \n\nMake a wampum pendant\, corn husk doll\, and painted deerskin bracelet.\nPlay Wampanoag football.\n\n\nAuthor Talk and Book Signing with Linda Coombs\n\nAuthor of Colonization and the Wampanoag Story: 2:30 PM
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/13233/
LOCATION:Little Compton Historical Society\, 548 West Main Road\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Family & Community Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T203000
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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:LCHS Annual Meeting\n\n\n \nWednesday\, August 14\, 7 PM\n\n\n \nFree and Open to the Public\n\n\n \nAt the United Congregational Church\, 4 South of Commons Rd\, Little Compton\n\n\n \nFeaturing Steven Lubar’s Presentation\, “Little Compton: Connected and Unconnected”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Little Compton Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday\, August 14 at 7 pm at the United Congregational Church on the Commons. The event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nAfter a 15-minute business meeting and the election of officers and board members\, Little Compton Historical Society Board President Steven Lubar will present a slide lecture on how it was that Little Compton came to seem “so far away.” \n\n\n\nMention Little Compton\, and you get two responses. “It’s so beautiful.” And\, “It’s so far.” The first is certainly true. But the second? Why do we think of Little Compton as being far away? One of the first to claim that the town was hard to get to was Sarah Helen Whitman\, a Providence poet and frequent visitor. In 1869 she writes of her summer in the town\, noting its “charm of remoteness” and sighing\, “So near\, yet\, oh\, how far.” She compared the town to Walden\, and Shangri-La. This talk will trace the history of the idea of Little Compton as an isolated\, distant place\, exploring the way it shaped the development of the town.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/12843/
LOCATION:United Congregational Church of Little Compton\, 1 Commons\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events,Special Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240718T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240718T203000
DTSTAMP:20240712T175235Z
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SUMMARY:Steamboating to Sakonnet Point\, a talk given by Jim Garman
DESCRIPTION:Jim Garman is the official Town Historian for the town of Portsmouth. He had a long career as a teacher at Portsmouth Abbey School and as a professional photographer. He has an extensive collection of vintage photographs and postcard images of Newport County. He is the author of six books on Newport County history. For almost 50 years he has frequently lectured on topics of interest to Newport County residents.\n\nThis talk will be on the steamboats that ran from Providence to Sakonnet Point and back in the late 19th- early 20th centuries. The steamboats hauled fresh fish and farm produce to market and day-trippers rode each way. It was a fascinating era of local travel and history and the presentation will be well-illustrated.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/steamboating-to-sakonnet-point-a-talk-given-by-jim-garman/
LOCATION:United Congregational Church of Little Compton\, 1 Commons\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events,Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T210000
DTSTAMP:20240202T151742Z
CREATED:20240202T151742Z
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SUMMARY:Little Compton\, Connected
DESCRIPTION:Little Compton\, Connected\nA Local Transportation History\nPlans for the 2024 Summer Exhibit\n—\nZoom Talk\nWednesday\, April 17 at 7 PM\n—\nPresented by Steven Lubar\, President\, LCHS Board of Directors\nand Students from Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design\n—\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUufuirqzguE92E3eZpsp2xbKVDAMHdezG7\n—\nLittle Compton has a surprising transportation history. We have always been more connected to the world than we might think. There are so many stories we might tell. Indigenous transportation routes\, by water and land to points east and north\, set the stage for today’s roads. Farm products and fish went by boat to the plantations of the Caribbean in the 1700s\, and by boat and then carriage and train to cities up and down the east coast in the 1800s and 1900s. Steamboats brought day tourists to Sakonnet Point and goods to Adamsville Landing. The railroad and coach brought summer visitors. Peddlers and wagons traversed the roads\, taking orders and selling groceries and household goods. In the 20th century the automobile opened new markets for farmers and brought new developments and new residents.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/little-compton-connected/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240319T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240319T190000
DTSTAMP:20240229T204949Z
CREATED:20240229T204021Z
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SUMMARY:The Brownells: American Rose Pioneers
DESCRIPTION:Free and Open to the Public\nCo-Sponsored by:\nThe Little Compton Garden Club\nThe Little Compton Historical Society\nThe Sogkonate Garden Club\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the early 1900s\, Walter and Josephine Brownell of Little Compton became trail blazers in the early development of winter hardy and disease resistant roses.  Learn how a young attorney and his wife\, and later their sons\, introduced more than 80 varieties of roses over 35 years.  These became known as Sub-Zero roses and were sold throughout the United States from the 1930s through the 1960s.  This presentation follows the Brownells’ pioneer development of sustainable roses in Little Compton\, RI and explains how they successfully created varieties with a distinctly American character to satisfy the unmet needs of the colder regions of the country.  A century later\, Sub-Zero roses remain popular and their legacy continues to influence contemporary rose breeders. \nThis lecture will be held on Tuesday\, March 19 at 7 PM at the United Congregational Church in Little Compton\, RI.  The address there is 1 Commons St\, Little Compton RI\, 02837.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/the-brownells-american-rose-pioneers-2/
LOCATION:United Congregational Church of Little Compton\, 1 Commons\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T210000
DTSTAMP:20240202T150239Z
CREATED:20240202T150239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T150239Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons from the Wilbor House Trench
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Talk\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpceyqpz0jGd1Dm-QqqOn7MUpZLLBL1Ih2#/registration\n—\nPresented by\nHolly Herbster\, RPA\, Senior Archaeologist/Principal Investigator for the Public Archaeology Laborateory\nand Marjory O’Toole\, LCHS Executive Director\n—\nIn the spring of 2022 a simple project to install a new communications line led to the recovery of thousands of artifacts once used by the Wilbor Family\, their employees\, and other residents of the Wilbor House.  These objects were recovered by LCHS Staff and Volunteers over the course of many months and have been analyzed by the specialists at the Public Archaeology Lab\, who also excavated a series of test pits in the area to better understand the archaeology of the Wilbor House.  Senior Archaeologist Holly Herbster and LCHS Executive Director Marjory O’Toole will share the most interesting artifacts and their significance during this presentation. \nPre-Registration is required. \n 
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/lessons-from-the-wilbor-house-trench/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240116T210000
DTSTAMP:20240109T212114Z
CREATED:20240109T212114Z
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SUMMARY:Little Compton's John Simmons as Researched by Piper Hawes
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Marjory O’Toole\, LCHS Executive Director\n  \nLong one of Little Compton’s favorite sons\, John Simmons led a remarkable life\, from his local farm-boy roots to his business success in Boston\, to his founding and funding of Simmons College.  Piper Hawes\, a long-time LCHS Board Member and Simmons College graduate\, who sadly passed away last fall\, thoroughly researched John Simmons and his Little Compton connections for the Historical Society.  The talk is given in her memory using her original research. \n  \nThis is a free Zoom talk.  Pre-registration is required using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlcumorzooGNx5bc0iOSczGIDfSpKn5AnT#/registration
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/little-comptons-john-simmons-as-researched-by-piper-hawes/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T200000
DTSTAMP:20260206T191002Z
CREATED:20230906T175930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T191002Z
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SUMMARY:Andrew Rapoza's Sickness & Evil in the New England Colonies\, 1620-1788
DESCRIPTION:Sickness & Evil in the New England Colonies\, 1620-1788 \nEvil – the Puritans felt surrounded by it. As they settled in Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies throughout the 17th century\, their faith was constantly tested and their fears often seemed overwhelming – with good reason. They were assaulted by life-threatening challenges: droughts\, snow in the springtime\, crop failures\, sudden death of farm animals\, bread that wouldn’t rise\, butter that wouldn’t thicken\, and family members who fell sick from strange\, unrecognized sickness\, plus much more. They were convinced the Devil was using witches to destroy them. Many Puritans tried to fight the black magic of witchcraft by using their own white magic\, even though their ministers warned they were falling under Satan’s power. But they were desperate.\n\nAndrew Rapoza\, historian and author of Promising Cures\, a four-volume\, three-century history of health in a New England community\, will present the little-known evidence of Puritans using counter-magic to fight witchcraft in the years before\, during\, and after the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692. He will also discuss the ways Little Compton’s Wilbor family protected themselves from evil at the Wilbor House Museum.\n\nThis presentation is sponsored by the Little Compton Historical Society. The Zoom presentation is on 25 October at 7:00 PM; the subject matter and images are appropriate for adults and teenagers\, but not young children.\n\n \nAbout the Speaker \nAndrew V. Rapoza is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College\, with a Scholar of the College distinction in history. During his management career in purchasing\, contracts\, and technical publications\, he also pursued his passion for collecting and researching health and medical history\, especially as it pertained to Lynn\, Massachusetts\, where he and his wife\, Gail\, first raised their four children. Several of his research papers on Colonial\, Federal\, and Victorian health in New England have been published and he has been a guest speaker on these subjects all over the Northeast\, including at the Strong Museum\, Rochester\, New York\, and at the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife.\n\nHe has recently published a four-volume book titled PROMISING CURES – the Pursuit of Health in a 19th Century New England Community: Lynn\, Massachusetts. It is available for sale in hardcover and softcover on Amazon.com and for free in digital format on FamilySearch.org.\n\n \nAbout Promising Cures \nThe community of Lynn\, Massachusetts\, was like the rest of New England in the 1800s but populated by individuals with their own unique stories to tell. Its residents were attacked by cholera\, diphtheria\, scarlet fever\, typhoid\, and dysentery; women died in childbirth; babies died before they took their first steps; and adults and children were mangled by factory machinery. Enjoyment of life was precious to each of them\, but often stolen away too soon.\n\nTo fight pain\, sickness\, and death\, they turned to their own creativity\, old family recipes\, a never-ending stream of promising cures\, and emerging science-based medicines. No matter the origin of the remedy\, the only critical ingredient was success.\n\nIt’s far too easy to call the past a time of quacks and gullible bumpkins\, of villains and heroes. The 19th century was instead an era of experimentation and improvement practiced by as wide an assortment of average people\, scoundrels\, and reformers as we have among us today. Promising Cures proves this to be the case.\n\nBe prepared to be transported to a different time and place; walk among your ancestors. See life through their eyes and learn about the courage\, miracles\, and dumb luck that enabled you to be who you are today.\n\nMeticulously researched\, creatively written with dollops of drama\, humor\, and a steady stream of historical accuracy\, and enlivened with fascinating remnants of Lynn’s health history\, Promising Cures will take you somewhere you’ve never been and will never forget – the life you would have lived centuries earlier.\n\n \nPre-register here: Andrew Rapoza Zoom Lecture
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/andrew-rapozas-sickness-evil-in-the-new-england-colonies-1620-1788/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T203000
DTSTAMP:20230318T123610Z
CREATED:20230104T201923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230318T123610Z
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SUMMARY:Spies in Revolutionary Rhode Island
DESCRIPTION:Offered in Partnership with the Battle of Rhode Island Association   \nIn person at the United Congregational Church on the Little Compton Commons. Doors open at 6:30.  Or via Zoom (link below).  \nRegistration is not required for the in-person event.   \nAuthor signing following the lecture. \nEspionage played a vital role during the American Revolution in Rhode Island. The British and Americans each employed spies to discover the secrets\, plans and positions of their enemy. Little Compton’s residents\, beyond providing soldiers\, worked as some of these spies —providing key information on the British occupation of Aquidneck Island just across the Sakonnet River. Author Christian M. McBurney unravels the world of spies and covert operations in Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War with a particular focus on Little Compton stories. \nClick here to register for a Zoom link.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/spies-in-revolutionary-rhode-island/
LOCATION:United Congregational Church on the Little Compton Commons  & Online\, 1 Commons\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Liz Carver":MAILTO:admin@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T203000
DTSTAMP:20230106T201012Z
CREATED:20230104T201238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230106T201012Z
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SUMMARY:History of the Sakonnet People (Virtual Only)
DESCRIPTION:As we begin two years of research into the history of the Sakonnet people\, what do we know so far? Scholars\, including local historians\, have written about the Sakonnets for generations. New research often builds on their work\, but sometimes challenges it. Join LCHS Executive Director Marjory O’Toole for a presentation on the history of the Sakonnets\, as we know it today\, and an overview of our plans to learn more in the coming years. \nClick here to register for a Zoom link.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/history-of-the-sakonnet-people-virtual-only/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T203000
DTSTAMP:20220603T171855Z
CREATED:20220603T171113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220603T171855Z
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SUMMARY:The Care and Keeping of Old Homes
DESCRIPTION:Valerie Talmage\, Executive Director of Preserve Rhode Island\nHow do owners plan for the preservation of their historic places? Valerie Talmage from Preserve Rhode Island will share some options for homeowners including preservation easements and a capital-plan approach to prioritizing repairs. \n*This program will only be offered via Zoom. Register to receive a link.*
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/the-care-and-keeping-of-old-homes/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T203000
DTSTAMP:20220603T172128Z
CREATED:20220603T170712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220603T172128Z
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SUMMARY:The Weeku from Mat to Bark In 13 Months
DESCRIPTION:Darius Coombs\, Cultural & Outreach Coordinator for Education for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe\n \nThe weeku (sometimes “wetu”) for Indigenous Nations of the Northeast has been used for thousands of years. They are homes that could be as small as a six-person family home to as large as a football field. Come join Darius Coombs (Mashpee Wampanoag)\, who has been constructing these homes for over 30 years for numerous Indigenous communities\, for an illustrated talk. He has trained Indigenous folks in the full meaning of a weeku and its usage. Darius has also done numerous presentations of the Indigenous history of cultures of the Northeast. Please come and enjoy the fun and educational experience on the true meaning of a weeku. \nThis program will also be livestreamed via Zoom. Register to receive a link.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/the-weeku-from-mat-to-bark-in-13-months/
LOCATION:United Congregational Church on the Little Compton Commons  & Online\, 1 Commons\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220901T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220901T203000
DTSTAMP:20220903T164201Z
CREATED:20220603T170037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220903T164201Z
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SUMMARY:How to "Read" a Historic Building
DESCRIPTION:Clark Schoettle\, Historical Preservationist\n \nThis presentation will teach you how to “read” the history of a house based on architectural evidence. Clark will begin with an architectural overview of the houses that will be featured on the Historic House Tour on September 17. He will describe the architectural styles represented in the tour\, including their defining characteristics and elements. Then Clark will identify some of the similarities and variations among the houses as well as alterations made over time\, discussing what makes them interesting and unique. \nThis program will also be livestreamed via Zoom. Register to receive a link.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/how-to-read-a-historic-building/
LOCATION:United Congregational Church on the Little Compton Commons  & Online\, 1 Commons\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220810T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220810T203000
DTSTAMP:20220803T142643Z
CREATED:20220603T163952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T142643Z
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SUMMARY:Little Compton Historical Society Annual Meeting Featuring Primus' House: History and Archaeology in Little Compton\, Holly Herbster
DESCRIPTION:7:00 Business Meeting — Church Sanctuary\n7:15 Speaker: Holly Herbster\, Senior Archaeologist at The Public Archaeology Laboratory\, Inc.\n8:00 Reception — Church Vestry \nRegister for the Zoom link here if you’d like to attend virtually. \nPrimus’ House: History and Archaeology in Little Compton \n \nThe Public Archaeology Laboratory\, Inc. (PAL) has teamed with the Little Compton Historical Society (LCHS) for a second collaborative project to document the history of Black and Indigenous families in Little Compton\, Rhode Island. The property is owned by the Nature Conservancy and was the home of Primus Collins\, a freed person of color who purchased the property on Meeting House Lane from Nathaniel Church in 1836. Primus’ daughter Lucy Collins remained in the house until her death in 1893. The land known as the Church-Collins-Nicholson Property includes a cellar hole\, remnant outbuilding foundations\, and associated fieldstone wall networks. In 2021 PAL conducted an archaeological survey at the Collins Site\, with testing focused around the cellar hole\, yard areas\, well\, and foundations. The survey was designed to help answer questions about the date of house construction and augment the documentary history of the Collins family researched by LCHS Executive Director and historian Marjory O’Toole. The archaeological fieldwork and laboratory processing were completed with PAL archaeologists and volunteer LCHS and community members. \nJoin PAL Senior Archaeologist Holly Herbster and LCHS’ Marjory O’Toole as they share the history of land use on the property and the results of the 2021 archaeological investigations. Learn what the documentary record and the archaeological data tell us (and don’t tell us) about the Collins family\, about the ancient history of this part of Little Compton\, and how this information is being used to help interpret one of two sites in Little Compton that are known to have been associated with eighteenth and nineteenth-century Afro-Indigenous families. \nThe Secrets of Cellar Holes project was funded in large part by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/little-compton-historical-society-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:United Congregational Church of Little Compton\, 1 Commons\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Special Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Marjory O'Toole":MAILTO:lchistory@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220726T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220726T203000
DTSTAMP:20220722T222319Z
CREATED:20220603T165313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220722T222319Z
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SUMMARY:10 Steps to Researching the History of Your House
DESCRIPTION:Marian Pierre-Louis\, Online Education Producer at Legacy Family Tree Webinars\n \nYou can research the history of your house whether it is 20 years old or 200 years old. Marian Pierre-Louis will introduce where to find the deeds to your house\, how to chain a deed\, and locating other sources of information such as the US Federal Census records\, maps\, and tax records. Come learn 10 steps to get you started on your house history research. This talk is appropriate for both beginners and those who have research experience. \nThis program will also be livestreamed via Zoom. Register to receive a link.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/10-steps-to-researching-the-history-of-your-house/
LOCATION:United Congregational Church on the Little Compton Commons  & Online\, 1 Commons\, Little Compton\, RI\, 02837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series
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