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More Lasting than Bronze: Herman Melville and the Poetry of the Civil War

Presented by Robert Madison, June 8, 2025 How American poets saw and wrote about heroism, tragedy, hope and

Smith Granite Company Store and 1884 Stone

Presented by Hugh Barton, May 24, 2025 A short presentation of the history of the Smith Granite Company

Family Friend and Teacher: Matilda Browne

Presented by Hugh Barton, April 13, 2025 Hugh Barton explores Matilda Browne — her impact on art impressionism

Aftermath: Memorializing the Battle of Gettysburg. Part 1

Presented by John Linton, February 16, 2025 Part 1: David Wills and the creation of the Gettysburg National

Westerly Granite as Infrastructure

Presented by Hugh Barton, January 26, 2025 Granite used for infrastructure was and is a mainstay of the

Stained Glass Survey at Woodlawn Cemetery

Presented by Sophia Kamps, June 23, 2024 Behind the locked doors of Woodlawn Cemetery’s mausoleums lie over twelve

Men, Monuments, and the Museum’s Musket

Presented by Ellen and Bob Madison and Bob Boucher, May 25, 2024 The intriguing story of a recent

Westerly Businesses of 1878

Presented by Lido Mochetti, September 20, 2015 Using an 1878 Narragansett Weekly article as his guide, Lido Mochetti

3D Printing and Assembly of Low Cost Hand and Arm Prosthetics

Presented by Bob Reiger, April 21, 2024e-NABLE is a global network of thousands of home hobbyists who volunteer

The Wallace Nutting Connection

Maureen Bjorkland, BSH Trustee, profiles Wallace Nutting’s life and the interesting connection to the Babcock Smith House Museum.

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