Second Annual Juneteenth Observance
View our exhibit, If Jane Should Want to be Sold: Stories of Slavery, Indenture and Freedom in Little Compton, Rhode Island. The exhibit’s companion book will also be available.
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Quaker Meeting House 234 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United States
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Saturdays at the Society: Gardening in Early America
Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United StatesExplore the Colonial Herb Garden, learn about important plants, and plant an herb of your own to take home.
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Exhibit Preview Party
Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United States$40 -
Family Day
Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United StatesRESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER TO JULY 3! Celebrating The Opening of the 2022 Special Exhibition Free: Admission Special Exhibition Wilbor House Tours Refreshments Children’s Activities Contests for Kids & Adults, Trophies for Best: Skillet Throw Seed Spitting Pie Eating
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Saturdays at the Society: Colonial Tea Party
Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United StatesSee how tea was imported in the colonial period (hint: not loose-leaf tea bags), help brew your own cup, and learn about the rituals of tea-drinking.
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Mini-Camp: History at the Commons
Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United StatesThe Commons has served as a center of town activity for centuries. Explore 300 years of history on the Little Compton Commons with oversized images of how it used to look. Search for lost landmarks and discover how things have changed and stayed the same. Then go into the heart of the Commons, the Old […]
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Gravestone Cleaning Day
Drop in any time between 4-7 PM to learn to safely clean historic gravestones. Pre-registration strongly encouraged to ensure sufficient supplies.
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Saturdays at the Society: Winnowing Grain
Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United StatesPractice throwing the grain into the air, letting the wind blow away the shell, and catching it again in your basket. Try ship’s bisket (later called hard tack), a wheat bread made to last up to a year.
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Saturdays at the Society: Corn Husk Dolls
Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United StatesMake a doll like the ones colonial kids would have had to play with.
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10 Steps to Researching the History of Your House
United Congregational Church on the Little Compton Commons & Online 1 Commons, Little Compton, RI, United StatesMarian Pierre-Louis, Online Education Producer at Legacy Family Tree Webinars You 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 […]
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Mini-Camp: A Day In the Life of Early American Kids Lucy and Clark Wilbor
Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United StatesGrowing up in Little Compton looked very different depending on the century. Experience what work, play, and crafts were like for Early American kids like Lucy and Clarke Wilbor. Grades […]
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Saturdays at the Society: Churn Butter
Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United StatesButter-making took time & muscle—come give it a try!
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