(3.19) Join the Rhode Island Historical Society this Saturday, March 19, for the first of its Bicentennial Jubilees, featuring an 1822 open house at the Society’s Aldrich House headquarters. The program will begin at 1pm, with timed tickets offering entry each hour until 4pm.
Program attendees will be treated to a variety of 1822-inspired presentations, refreshments, and entertainment on the newly refurbished first floor of the Aldrich House. Presentations will include discussions of the history of the house and its occupants, an exhibit featuring the Society’s founding documents and collection items from the 1820s, and a gallery showcasing 18th and 19-century women’s portraits from the RIHS collections.
Guests will also be invited to sample a variety of period-inspired refreshments, as well as learn about foodways of the time with speakers from Kenyon’s Grist Mill, who will be sharing sweet treats made from their flours by Charlestown’s Quonnie Farms. Visitors will also be able to try Narragansett Brewery’s 1822 Porter, created especially for the RIHS’s bicentennial.
And we’ll be looking forward to this:
This first Bicentennial Jubilee will also mark the premiere of the RIHS’s anniversary collaboration with Frog and Toad, featuring a series of history-inspired rock T-shirts that will be unveiled throughout the year.
$25 non-members, 1pm to 5pm, Saturday, March 19, Aldrich House, 110 Benevolent Street, (directions)
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Purchase the 1822 Porter at Narragansett Brewery on Tockwotton Street.
