Richmond RI 250th Commission

07/15/2026

Happening tomorrow 7/16 at Clark Memorial Library -- Richmond, RI

Join us July 16th, 2024 7pm at Clark Memorial Library.

Revolution: Impact, Diplomacy & Sovereignty

Lorén Spears, Narragansett, and Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum, will share the history that leads to the Revolutionary War, Indigenous service in the American Revolution, Native contributions to the formation of this country, and unfinished revolutions. She will share stories of valor, sacrifice, inequities, self-determination and sovereignty.

07/08/2026

Seeking relatives/descendants of Bell School students (2nd post)

As part of the Bell School’s 200th anniversary celebration on September 19, we are seeking information, memories, photographs, genealogies, letters, etc. of students who
attended the school, to include in the exhibit at the Bell School Museum. Copies of any items you share will be made if you do not wish to have an original item in the exhibit.

We have rosters of students who entered the school between 1871-1930. We are listing the rosters from 1900-1930 in the hope that relatives or descendants of the students, who would have lived in the Tug Hollow section of Richmond, will recognize a
great-, great-great… relative or even a parent who attended the school.
Listed are students from 1911-1920. More dates and names will be included in additional posts.
Please email the Richmond Historical Society with questions and information at [email protected]. Please share this post!

1911-1920
Gardiner- Rudyard K., Jessie, John B., Elliot R., John G.
Johnson, Delah
Lambert- Chester E., Muriel, Willie L., Lottie
Lecour, Lillian M.
Lewis- Orrin, Clarence
Moore- Henry P., Margaret H., Sarah B., Chloe
McCan- Douglas
McElroy- Joseph, Edward J., Earl, Mary, Irving, Helen
Rathbone- Hazel, Arthur
Smith- Edith, Francis E., Esther, Ethel (Polly), Alexander, Norman A., Robert W, Mary
Caroline, Earl, Edwin, Edward, Byron
Whitford- Florence, Avis, Madeline
Woodmansee- Mary, Edith, Chloe F

07/03/2026

Seeking relatives/descendants of Bell School students

As part of the Bell School’s 200th anniversary celebration on September 19, we are seeking information, memories, photographs, genealogies, letters, etc. of students who
attended the school, to include in the exhibit at the Bell School Museum. Copies of any items you share will be made if you do not wish to have an original item in the exhibit.
We have rosters of students who entered the school between 1871-1930. We are listing the rosters from 1900-1930 in the hope that relatives or descendants of the students, who would have lived in the Tug Hollow section of Richmond, will recognize a
great-, great-great… relative or even a parent who attended the school.
Listed are students from 1900-1910. More dates and names will be included in additional posts.
Please email the Richmond Historical Society with questions and information at [email protected]. Please share this post!
1900-1910
Bailey, Elmer P.
Burdick, Annie
Brown, Rhoda
Clarke, Howard
Congdon, Robert
Cottrell- Freddie, Bernice
Essex- Ethel, Edwin, George
Fagan- Rebecca, Gordon, Elmer
Felleman- Janet, Carrie
Gagnier- Ernest, Eliza, Alfreda
Gardiner- Theodore, Ernest, Pauline, Florence, M. Olive, Mary A.
Hartley- Josephine, Charles
Jones- Sylvester
Laroque- Regenia
Linch- Alphonse, Susan
Moore- Ralph, F***y, Martha, Carrie, Phili
Palmer- Earl S., R. Leslie
Rock- Geny
Smith- Catherine
Tyler- Henry, William, Clarence
Whitford- Marcus, Louis, Arthur, Marsden, John
Young- Mattie, Gert, Sadie

06/30/2026

Join us July 16th, 2024 7pm at Clark Memorial Library.

Revolution: Impact, Diplomacy & Sovereignty

Lorén Spears, Narragansett, and Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum, will share the history that leads to the Revolutionary War, Indigenous service in the American Revolution, Native contributions to the formation of this country, and unfinished revolutions. She will share stories of valor, sacrifice, inequities, self-determination and sovereignty.

06/29/2026

🇺🇸 Let's light up Exeter! 🇺🇸
On July 4, 2026, join communities across the nation in the National Flag Foundation's Light to Unite initiative as we celebrate America's 250th Birthday.
Decorate your home in red, white, and blue and help create a town-wide display of patriotism and unity. ❤️🤍💙

06/26/2026

06/17/2026

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had not spoken for a decade. Their rivalry during the election of 1800 had turned personal and bitter. By 1809, both men had retired from public life. In 1812, a mutual friend persuaded Adams to write to Jefferson -- a single careful letter, testing the silence. Jefferson wrote back. What followed was fourteen years of correspondence, more than 150 letters exchanged between Monticello and Quincy. They debated theology, democracy, aristocracy, and whether the Revolution had succeeded. They disagreed on almost everything. They were also the only two people alive who fully understood what they had built together. The letters continued until 1826. The last letter Jefferson sent Adams arrived after both men were dead. Their correspondence is now considered one of the great intellectual exchanges in American history. Share this with someone who thinks rivals cannot become friends.

06/16/2026

Thursday June 18th!

06/15/2026

Join us this Thursday, June 18th @ 7:00pm @ Clark Memorial Library -- Richmond, RI for our Speaker Series.

Educator and writer Dr. Fred Zilian speaks on the integral role RI and its citizens played during the Revolution.

Come and learn about the amazing citizens that we celebrate this year on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.