East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society
 

East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society

                                                                                                                Est. 1967

 

Railroad Bridge, King Street, East Greenwich, RI

 

Your membership and participation are the most
important parts of our organization! Join Today!

 

 

Ongoing Projects

  • Encouraging the protection and preservation of buildings, neighborhoods, documents, photographs and items of historic significance.
  • Monthly programs which are open and free to the public.
  • Sponsoring programs that foster community growth.
  • Publishing The Packet, a newsletter with in-depth history of the Town.
  • Participating in educational and civic events.

 

Help Protect and Preserve the History of
East Greenwich, Rhode Island!

 



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January 17
The Kentish Guards: From Local Defense to National Significance
Colonels Theodore Aschman, Richard Sheryka, and others will share the history of the EG-based militia command and its outsized contributions to the Revolution. The program ...
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February 12
The Segregated ‘Black Regiment’: An Historic First in East Greenwich
Public historian John Dower will tell the story of the first mass enlistment of enslaved people into the Continental Army and their service in the ...
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March 4
Nathanael Greene: From Potowomut Family Forge to Founding Father
Kate Greene of Forge Farm—the major general’s birthplace—will examine the roots of one of America’s most consequential leaders. ...
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Fun Facts
General Lafayette visited often at the Varnum House. He and General Varnum were very good friends. The northeast bedroom in the house is still called the Lafayette Room.
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Major William Gibbs McNeill, Chief Engineer of the Railroad and uncle of James McNeill Whistler, the famous American painter, designed the handsome double-arch, granite bridge (1837) on King Street, with George Washington Whistler, the father of James.
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