END of SUMMER WALKING TOURS
Downtown Bristol Monuments
Saturday, September 13
Once Around the Town Common in One Hour and Three Hundred and Forty-Four Years
Saturday 27
Bristol Historic Tree Walk
Saturday, October 4
Revolutionary Mayhem: The Bombardment of Bristol
Saturday, October 18
The North Burial Ground:
Necropolis, City of the Dead
Saturday, October 18
Evening Walk at Juniper Hill Cemetery
Saturday, October 25
Evening Walk at Juniper Hill Cemetery
GENEALOGY CLUB MEETING
WITH SPECIAL GUEST, CYNTHIA ELDER
Cindy Elder, author of a two-book series, Tales of the Sea, will discuss her meticlous research for these books beginning with an extraordinary find of a box of letters on her in-laws' screened-in porch in Barrington, RI. Written in the mid 19th century by her husband's second great-grandparents, the letters became the basis for her books set during a unique time in American history.
And if that's not enough, Cindy discovered a second box of letters on the same porch and written (or narrated) by a freed slave, Thomas White. The BH&PS will be hosting a lecture about Thomas White on Wednesday, September 24th:
SUMMER/FALL HISTORY BOOK CLUB
The BH&PS Book Club's second book for this series is The Art Thief by Michael Finkel.
UPCOMING LECTURES, TALKS, CONVERSATIONS...
September 10
Warm Advocates for the Cause of American Liberty: A History of Bristol’s Revolutionary-Era Veterans
September 24
Discovering Thomas White: One Man's Flight from Slavery to Freedom on the Sea
"ON THIS DAY"
A RETELLING OF KING PHILIP'S WAR
Are you following the BH&PS's retelling of King Philips War? You can receive an email as each story unfolds, day by day. It's on substack as KPW350 and you can sign up for the emails by clicking below.
King Philip’s War was a pivotal moment in both New England and American history. Rooted in the historical interactions between the Indigenous People and the colonists of Plymouth Colony, its ramifications and legacy continue to influence the present.
CANCELLED
THIS SEPTEMBER 17TH BUS TRIP WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR THE SPRING OF 2026
BOSTON MUSEUMS & THE ART OF COLLECTION BUS TOUR WITH THE BH&PS
Join us next Spring as we take our “Cabinet of Curiosities” exhibit theme on the road with a bus tour that explores two of Boston’s museums with a focus on the art of collecting. We’ll visit the Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass at Harvard University’s Museum of Natural History. After a lunch and a sightseeing tour along the Charles River, we will head over to the Kunstkammer Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts.