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Bristol Historical & Preservation Society in RI
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  • EVENTS
    • CALENDAR
    • WALKING TOURS
    • GENEALOGY CLUB
    • SUMMER HISTORY BOOK CLUB
  • MEMBERSHIP/DONATIONS
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    • DONATIONS
  • EXHIBITS/COLLECTIONS
    • EXHIBITS
    • COLLECTIONS
  • LEARN MORE
    • RESEARCH & REPRODUCTION
    • GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
    • PLAQUE PROGRAM
    • PANDORA'S BLOG
    • TALES FROM JAIL
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    • ANNUAL MEETING 2022

OPEN WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS: 1 - 5 PM

BRISTOL HISTORICAL & PRESERVATION SOCIETY

BRISTOL HISTORICAL & PRESERVATION SOCIETYBRISTOL HISTORICAL & PRESERVATION SOCIETYBRISTOL HISTORICAL & PRESERVATION SOCIETY

48 COURT STREET

PO BOX 356

BRISTOL, RI 02809

401-253-7223


INFO@BHPSRI.ORG

march at the bh&ps

THE WOMEN IN ARMY KHAKI AND NAVY BLUE

Monday, March 20

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Society Headquarters

Annual Derry Riding Lecture Series


Join Mel Bloom, Air Force Veteran and Educator at Battleship Cove, for a discussion and hands-on demonstration of women's 

World War II military uniforms.


Participants may attend in person at Society Headquarters in Bristol at 48 Court Street, or register here at eventbrite to participate online via Zoom. 



Photo: Our speaker, Mel Bloom, 

wearing WWII Uniform.

IN MARCH, THE BH&PS IS READING:

They Also Served: American Women in World War 11

by Olga Gruhzit-Hoyt


Thousands of American women joined military and civilian agencies to serve their country during WWII. Gruhzit-Hoyt presents the stories of women who saw duty with the Army Nurse Corps, Women's Army Corps, Navy WAVES, Marine Corps Women's Reserves, Coast Guard SPARS, etc. 


BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION

on Thursday, March 30

4 to 5 p.m. at Society Headquarters

UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

 Friday, March 31

2 to 4 p.m. at Society Headquarters


Watch while we take our scrapbooks out of the archives to show how women, among many other important wartime roles, served as the preservers of legacy and the keepers of history.

exhibit

BRISTOL VETERANS AND THE EVOLUTION OF MILITARY FUNERARY RITES


OPEN WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS

1 to 5 PM


The challenges of military service are well known. But what about when a soldier dies in combat? This exhibit illuminates what happens to Veterans who make the ultimate sacrifice and how the practices of caring for our military dead have changed alongside changing tactics of war.

HISTORIC WALKING TOURS

GUIDED WALKING TOURS WILL BEGIN AGAIN IN MAY OF 2023. MEANWHILE, CHECK OUT OUR SELF-GUIDED TOUR MAPS OF DOWNTOWN BRISTOL FOR DOING YOUR OWN WALK ON A BEAUTIFUL WINTER DAY.

TIMELINE OF SLAVERY IN BRISTOL, RI, BEGINNING IN 1680....

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OUR MISSION


The mission of the Society is to stimulate interest in the history of Bristol, Rhode Island, through education, research, and the collection and preservation of historic objects.


The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society is a 501(c)(3) Organization.

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