Rider Tavern as seen from the Militia Lot |
Glenn Ellis and Bill Hultgren welcoming visitors to the Tavern |
Carol Weinhardt greets visitors to the Lafayette Room |
Glenn Ellis behind the bar in the Taproom |
"Heritage" String Band |
"Heritage" String Band |
Barry Fisher mans the 250th Anniversary Committee Booth |
Ruth Schwendeman and Patricia Lavin show Julia W. how to
play antique games |
Horse drawn carriage give people rides back and forth from
the Tavern to the #2 Schoolhouse |
Horse and Carriage on the Schoolhouse lawn |
Ladies enoying the carriage ride to the #2 Schoolhouse |
The #2 Schoolhouse |
Beverly Beaudette welcomes students to the #2 Schoolhouse |
The classroom inside the #2 Schoolhouse. Grades 4, 5 and
6 were all taught in the same room. |
Entrance to the Militia Lot and Newport
Artillery Company encampment. |
The 2 gentlemen in the maroon and orange frock coats are
militiamen and they are speaking to the Lt. Colonel of the Artillery
Company of Newport. |
Flags of the ACN. Flag on the left is the "Grand Union" consisting
of red & white stripes but has the Union Jack in the corner
instead of the stars that would appear later. It was adopted
shortly after the battles of Lexington & Concord but still expressed
the hope that the colonists could work out a way to form a grand
union with Great Britain. Next is the company flag of the ACN
with the date 1741 when the company was granted a charter from
George II. Next is the French National flag which is a bit on
anachronism here as it didn't appear until after the French
Revolution. It was displayed becuase of the French connection
to the Rider Tavern. The other two flags represent RI military
organizations. |
Carl Hutchinson in the uniform of the 85th Regiment de Saintonge,
one of 5 regiments of infantry who arrived in Newport, RI, in
July of 1780 under the command of le comte de Rochambeau. Le
marquis de Lafayette was part of Rochambeau's staff. The cannon
is an original tube cast by Paul Revere's foundry in Boston
in 1798. It is owned the the State of RI and in the care & custody
of the Artillery Company of Newport. |
