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Airman Stephen E. Roomes and the Air Force’s “Prime BEEF” Unit
Airman Stephen E. Roomes (left) of Providence, RI, was the first and only Black American to serve in the Air Force's first "Prime BEEF" unit ...
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RI National Guard Tour the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum
At the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum, we gave an in-depth tour for a group of new Rhode Island National Guard recruits as part of their ...
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Varnum Continentals Contribute to RI Public School Curriculum
The Varnum Continentals will work with the RI Foundation, RI Historical Society, and the RI Black Heritage Society to introduce teachers to a new public ...
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Varnum House Museum 2022 Tour Season
The Varnum House Museum will be open to the public for the 2022 tour season on Sundays from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM weekly starting ...
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Watch “A STITCH IN TIME” filmed at the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum
If you weren’t able to watch the PBS documentary “A Stitch in Time” on it’s original May 29 air date, we’ve got you covered! Follow ...
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General George S. Patton: Master of the Sword
In the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum collection, we have an outstanding representation of American and foreign saber evolution. Among them is the last American design: ...
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[APR. 11 DINNER MEETING] Varnum Trustee Brian L. Wallin speaking on “Jamestown and the Military”
Varnum Trustee Brian L. Wallin leads our return to monthly member meetings with a presentation on “Jamestown and the Military.” Incorporated in 1678, Jamestown has ...
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Varnum’s 1st Rhode Island Regiment Proposed for Congressional Gold Medal
On February 9, 2022, Rhode Island’s congressional delegation, joined by a number of congressmen and senators from both parties, introduced legislation (H.R.6660/S.3607) to award a ...
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T. Fred Brown’S Battery B 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Cap
Wrapped in newspaper for about 140 years and kept on a dirt floor garage in Daytona, Florida, this American Civil War cap had bits of ...
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Westerly’s Forgotten Coast Defense Fortification on Napatree Point: The Story of Fort Mansfield
Westerly’s Forgotten Coast Defense Fortification on Napatree Point: The Story of Fort Mansfield
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Varnum Armory Launches Exhibit Space Expansion Project
The Varnum Memorial Armory Museum's exhibit space expansion project is underway! These are demolition images of some office spaces in the Armory that we will ...
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Grand Army of the Republic Post 6 Guidon Reunited with a Former Commander
This Grand Army of the Republic Post 6 guidon has just been reunited with one of its former commanders, Lyman Aylesworth, at the Varnum Memorial ...
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Varnum Memorial Armory Museum featured in the Rhode Island PBS series “Treasures Inside the Museum”
This is a fantastic, inside look at the inner workings of the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum and the exhibits within. RI PBS did a fantastic ...
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Varnum Memorial Armory Museum Update
Though August tends to be a slower, quieter month for the Varnum Continentals, there has been a lot going on in the background. Here's a ...
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Scalloptown Then and Now: A look back at the East Greenwich Shoreline
Most of us with a connection to history call to mind East Greenwich (EG), RI, as “The Birthplace of the American Navy”. But, long before ...
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Thomas Nichols Letter at the Varnum Armory … a Stunning 18th-Century African American Artifact
Tired and tempted to just throw it all away, I stuck my hand one more time into a large moldy cardboard box filled with random ...
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Rhode Island’s Namesake Warships: Past, Present, and (Maybe) Future
The first ship to bear the name Rhode Island was a side-wheeler, built in New York as the commercial steamship John P. King. She was ...
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New Display Cases at the Armory
At the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum, our new display case is coming along nicely. Most of its contents are related to the First Rhode Island ...
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