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), we also hosted a speaking event with Dr. Robert A. Selig on military burial practices during the American Revolutionary War. It was a fascinating talk and we got great feedback from the attendees!
Interest in this event was so high that we had to move the venue from the Varnum House to the East Greenwich Academy Science Center (about 100 yards away), where they had just enough seating for all of the attendees with only a few standing at the back.
This amazing day of history, education, and fun was the result of a partnership between the Battle of Rhode Island Association (who brought us the speaker), the Academy Science Center, and the Varnum House Museum. We’re thrilled to bring events like this to the local community and we’re already talking about doing it again in the future!
