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RI250th Commission holds workshop at Varnum Armory Museum
The RI 250th Cultural Organizations Convening held a workshop at the Varnum Armory Museum to cultivate connections among Rhode Island cultural organizations, raise the visibility ...
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Oct 19th: Armory Museum FREE Open House!
We will be open Sunday, October 19th from 11am til 3pm. Admission is free for all, however, we always encourage donations!
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Varnum House Museum Awarded Two Key Grants
Preserve Rhode Island, 1772 Foundation, and USDA Invest in the Varnum House Museum’s Future The Varnum House Museum recently won two significant grants towards securing ...
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Old Quarrels, New Politics: JM Varnum’s Congressional and Legal Careers
Varnum Continental Members! Sign up now for our first member dinner of the season on Monday, September 9 starting at 5:30 PM. Our speaker will ...
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Varnum Armory Museum Open House 7-1
The Varnum Continentals are committed to the preservation of the historic heritage of our community, our state, and our nation.
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Varnum Armory Museum Open House 6-15
The Varnum Continentals are committed to the preservation of the historic heritage of our community, our state, and our nation.
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Varnum Armory Museum Open House 5-22
The Varnum Continentals are committed to the preservation of the historic heritage of our community, our state, and our nation.
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New State Law Allows Varnums to Conserve and Display Rhode Island Revolutionary War Battle Flags
The Varnum Continentals has been on a mission for the last few years to conserve and safely display Rhode Island’s two Revolutionary War battle flags ...
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[MAY. 13 MEMBER MEETING] Speaker Alan Hoffman on “Marquis de Lafayette: 1776-1783 and 1824-1825 – His American Experience”
An appropriate speaker as this year we're marking the 100th anniversary of Lafayette's triumphant return to America in 1824. "[His lecture] offers a lively, day-to-day ...
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Speaking Event and Open House a Big Success for Varnum House Museum
Sunday, April 21 was an amazing day for the Varnum House Museum! In addition to a wildly successful museum open house (the tours never stopped), ...
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[VARNUM HOUSE] Dr. Robert A. Selig Speaks on Military Burial Practices during the American Revolution
On Sunday, April 21 at 1:30 PM at the Varnum House Museum, Dr. Robert A. Selig lectures on "The Culture of Death: Military Burial Practices ...
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[APR. 8 MEMBER MEETING] Speaker Don Hagist on “Sober, Industrious Women: Wives of British Soldiers in the American Revolution”
An estimated 50,000 British soldiers served in America during the American Revolutionary War. Almost one-eighth of them were married to women who lived with them ...
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[MAR. 11 MEMBER MEETING] Speaker Christian McBurney on “Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay: The Coast Guard’s War on Rumrunners”
oin author and historian Christian McBurney as he explores the use of excessive force in Narragansett Bay and other Rhode Island waters against crews that ...
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Chocolate-Making Demos at the Varnum House Museum a Big Success!
We hosted two chocolate-making demos at Varnum House Museum on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, and both were completely full! Not surprisingly, everyone loved the demos ...
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[DEC. 11 MEMBER MEETING] Speaker Robert A. Geake on “Facing Known and Unknown Enemies: A Scourge of Ailments for the Army”
Robert A. Geake's talk will focus on the most fatal of those American Revolutionary War battles, that against life-threatening injury, illness, and starvation. He will ...
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Colonial Yuletide Event at the Varnum House Museum Returns!
Celebrate General James Mitchel Varnum's 275th Birthday at the Varnum House Museum's Colonial Yuletide Open House (Sunday, December 17, 2023)
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[FREE LECTURE] “German Soldiers in Rhode Island, 1776 to 1779” by Dr. Friederike Baer
The Battle of Rhode Island Association (BoRIA) Lecture Series (sponsored by BankNewport) continues with our partners, the Varnum Continentals, on Thursday, December 7 at 6:00 ...
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[MEMBERS] Final Reminder: Register to Attend the Varnum Continentals Annual Meeting
This is a FINAL REMINDER to sign up to attend the 2023 Varnum Continentals Annual Meeting on Monday, October 16 at 6:00 PM. The deadline ...
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