LECTURE: EARLY QUAKER HISTORY OF KING PHILIP'S WAR
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 @ 6 - 7:30 PM
Herreshoff Community Room, Rogers Free Library
525 Hope Street, Bristol
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
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In June 1675, shortly before King Philip's War, Rhode Island officials led by Quaker Deputy Governor John Easton met Pokanoket leader Metacom (King Philip) at Bristol Ferry to negotiate peace. Providence-based retired lawyer and Quaker historian Elizabeth Cazden, a descendant of one of the meeting participants, John Borden, will discuss the events of that meeting and why it eventually failed.
Sponsored by the BH&PS, the Sowams Heritage Area, the Rogers Free Library, and KPW350. (KPW 350, a grassroots community project, seeks to educate the public about the conflict best known as King Philip’s War in recognition of its 350th anniversary. This lecture is part of a series of partnerships and events that are planned around the 350th anniversary of King Philip's War. Visit KPW350.org for a calendar of events and a reading list.)
zoom LECTURE: ART AND NATURE
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN & THE ILLUSTRATION OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Wednesday, April 30 @ 6:30 - 8 PM
This Zoom event is free and open to the public. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link..
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Join Dr. Kay Etheridge, Professor of Biology Emeritus at Gettsburg College, for this online lecture about Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) who published the first natural history book to consider ecologically related flora and fauna.
LECTURE: THE concord-lexington battle of april 19, 1775
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 @ 6 - 7:30 PM
Herreshoff Community Room, Rogers Free Library
525 Hope Street, Bristol
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
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Join Dr. Patrick Barosh to learn about the events
leading up to the first armed resistance to his Majesty’s Government. The lecture will cover eyewitness accounts, the formation of the first American Army, Paul Revere’s real name, Samuel Prescott’s midnight ride, the importance of sex in Middlesex, and John Hancock’s traveling dinner.
Before moving to Bristol, Dr.Barosh lived in Concord for 30 years and led historic tours for the Minuteman Historic National Park. He is a world renowned expert on earthquakes and has written many geologic guide books, including the 2012 book entitled A City Upon a Hill: The Geology of the City of Boston & Surrounding Region.
Co-Sponsored by BH&PS and the Rogers Free Library.
LECTURE: THE BRITISH ARE COMING! THE BRITISH RAID ON BRISTOL
Wednesday, May 14 @ 6 - 7:30 PM
Herreshoff Community Room, Rogers Free Library
525 Hope Street, Bristol
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
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THE BRITISH RAID ON BRISTOL,
MAY 25, 1778, REEVALUATED:
Join Christian McBurney for this talk about when a large British army detachment of soldiers from Newport landed on Bristol Neck and spent the day burning parts of Bristol and Warren as well as boats at the Kickemuit River, all while also seizing some 60 civilians as prisoners. He has authored 11 books on the history of Rhode Island and/or the Revolutionary War, and is the founder/publisher of the Rhode Island history blog: smallstatebighistory.com.
Co-Sponsored by the BH&PS and the Rogers Free Library.
LECTURE: commodore oliver hazard perry, AMERICA'S NAVAL HERO
Thursday, May 15 @ 6:30 - 8 PM
St. Michael's Church Sanctuary, 399 Hope Street, Bristol.
Free and open to the public.
No registration required.
Click HERE for St. Michael's Men's Group.
In anticipation of the BRITS ATTACK BRISTOL (AND LOSE!) weekend of the RI 250 re-enactments and other events, we welcome Dr. Matthew Perry, a descendant of Commodore Oliver Hazard.Perry. He will discuss the victory by Commodore Perry over the British at Lake Erie in the War of 1812. This event was the first time the British lost an entire squadron. Commodore Perry’s success is partially credited to his early life training from his Revolutionary War father, Captain Christopher Perry, and his Scots-Irish mother, Sarah Wallace Perry. The talk will also cover several controversies, including several duels, that erupted during the Commodore's life and continued after his early death from yellow fever.
Dr. Matthew Perry is originally from Bristol where he developed an early interest in his ancestors. After graduating from URI, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard a ship in the western Pacific Ocean during the Vietnam War. He then began a 45-year career in wildlife research where he worked for the RI Fish and Game and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Dr. Perry remains active as an emeritus scientist and author of wildlife conservation history. He also writes and lectures about his family history, including his famous Perry ancestors.
Co-Sponsored by BH&PS and St. Michael's Men's Group.