March General Meeting

Our March General Membership Meeting and Historic House Marker Award Ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, March 29th at Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church, Church Street.

The evening will begin at 6:00 PM with a potluck supper (desserts and coffee courtesy of WPS). 

Meeting and Historic Marker Presentation will begin at approximately 7 PM.

Our WPS historian, Doug Hinman, will present his research and award historic markers to the following properties:

Child Merchant Carriage House, 1869 (42 Baker Street)

Captain Hail Bowen House, circa 1791 (45 Water Street)

Piano Tuner's Workshop, 1890 (51 Broad Street)

Clarence H. Seymour House, 1906 (20 Maple Street)

Smith Bowen House, circa 1764 (Child Street)

This meeting is open to all WPS members.  New members are always welcome.

Thank you for your support and participation!

Please join us at our Annual Holiday Celebration!

Thursday, December 10th, 2015

6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

 

The Parish House

16 School Street

Warren, RI

 

Open to WPS Members and Guests.

Please bring an appetizer to share.

 

Wine, coffee and dessert will be served.

 

New members are always welcome.

WPS September General Meeting

Thursday, September 17th

Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, Church Street, Warren.

6:00 PM--Potluck Supper

7:15 PM--Meeting and Lecture

WPS is pleased to host a public lecture by Helen Hersh Tjader, who will present:

"Sowams, A National Heritage"

It can be argued that Sowams is the pivotal place of cultural exchange between indigenous people and colonizing settlers in North America. The peace treaty established between the Pokanoket Tribe and the Puritans established on March 21, 1621 stood for over 50 years before it was broken during the conflict known as King Philip’s War in 1675.

Although recognition is given each year to the settlement struggles in Plymouth, our modern traditions of a national Thanksgiving celebration arose from the traditions of the people of Sowams. 

Ms. Tjader advocates to establish Sowams as a National Heritage Area before the 400^th anniversary of the peace treaty between the Pokanoket Tribe with the Puritans in 2021.  

Questions and discussion will follow the approximately 45 minute lecture.

The meeting is open to all WPS members and their guests.

Thank you for your support!