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Beavertail State Park - Light (1856) Museum - Aquarium


July 20, 2007

Beavertail Light - Museum - Aquarium

On Friday, we drove out to see Beavertail Light and Museum
It is located on the site of Americas Third Oldest Lighthouse
Est. 1749 near Jamestown at the Southern Tip of Conanicut
Island (In The State of Rhode Island).

They have huge rocks were people can stand on and
just look out at the passing boats, ferries and yachts.
The waves hitting the rocks were simply beautiful.
We could look out from three directions. We seen the
Marthas Vineyard Ferry passing by & a group of Newport
Regatta Sailboats filled with crew members sailing out of
Narragansett Bay going out into the Rhode Island Sound..

It was a perfect day for sailing..
The weather was warm & sunny

The water views from Beavertail State Park are some of
the best in the area. (Free Admission and Free Parking)

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Blithewold Mansion and Gardens - Bristol - Rhode Island


July 21, 2007


On Saturday we drove from Newport to Bristol RI
via Route 138 across the Hope Bridge to Blithewold
(Old English for “happy woodland”).

Here we did a self guided tour of Blitheworld Mansion
The house is built of stone, in an English Country Manor style.
The mansion was furnished with beautiful antiques and reproduction
furniture. The center hall and staircase of the house are designed
in the Colonial Revival style. The Great Lawn sets the stage for all
the surrounding gardens with beautiful views of Narragansett Bay.


BLITHEWOLD - Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum


Afterwards we visited to Blitheworld Estate
We went to Historic Bristol and Colt State Park.


Colt State Park in Bristol is often referred to as the 'gem' of the State Parks System.
The entire western border of the park is an open panorama onto Narragansett Bay.
Open year round, the park offers four miles of bicycle trails passing along the Bay and through 464 acres of groomed fruit trees, carefully nurtured flowering bushes, and
manicured lawns. Rich in history, it proudly displays ten large playfields, six picnic groves containing 400+ picnic tables and its' popular open air Chapel-By-The-Sea.
(Free Admission & Free Parking)


RIparks.com

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We stayed at the Long Wharf Resort, it was very nice with a great location overlooking the water. We were on the 3rd floor & had a nice view. We had a 2BR unit, which was a bit smaller than we are used to with FF/Wyn, but it was fine. They had an indoor heated pool that continued outside, it was nice and utilized most of the time. The second pool was outside & not heated.

We toured several of the mansions, took a harbor tour, visited Beaver Tail Lighthouse, drove the Ocean View many times and visited First Beach. We love the water and enjoy the beauty of the Newport area.

Where have you enjoyed staying the most?

Rhonda

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Harbor Queen - 2 Bowen’s Wharf, Newport RI - One Hour Tour - $14 each


July 25, 2007


Today we took a 1 hour cruises of Newport Harbor and Narragansett Bay.
aboard the new Harbor Queen, with its elegant interior, full galley and bar.
Our tour left Bowens Wharf dock at 2:15 PM. our vessel was only half full
(it holds up to 150 people) weather was perfect, warm and sunny with a
light breeze.

Our narrative Harbor tour included, The Pell Bridge, Beavertail Lighthouse,
Castle Hill Inn, Hammersmith Farm Victorian mansion the childhood home to
Jacqueline Kennedy, Goat Island, Rose Island, Wyndham Newport OnShore,
and many other areas and attractions along the Newport Harbor and Bay.


Bowens Wharf dock is located mid way between
Wyndham`s - Newport Onshore and Long Wharf

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As a historian, I very much object to the interpretations that are presented during the tours of these Newport mansions as completely unbalanced.

The city of Newport needs to construct a shack and a tenement house, with 12 beds in one room, no electricity, no windows, no plumbing, in order to show the whole picture of these mansions. They need to also illustrate the sorts of conditions that millions of people had to live in so that a very very few could have the sort of opulent lifestyle afforded by these mansions.

Of course, they'd have to build a few million of such exhibits, complete with raw sewage, diseases, and malnourshed inhabitants crowded together in order to really convey the complete picture in a fair and balanced way, but one or two such exhibits, at least a nod to the cruelly exploited millions of working people who made such mansions possible, would be nice.

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You sure don't paint a pretty picture.

As a historian, I very much object to the
interpretations that are presented during the tours of these Newport mansions as completely unbalanced.

The city of Newport needs to construct a shack and a tenement house, with 12 beds in one room, no electricity, no windows, no plumbing, in order to show the whole picture of these mansions. They need to also illustrate the sorts of conditions that millions of people had to live in so that a very very few could have the sort of opulent lifestyle afforded by these mansions.

Of course, they'd have to build a few million of such exhibits, complete with raw sewage, diseases, and malnourshed inhabitants crowded together in order to really convey the complete picture in a fair and balanced way, but one or two such exhibits, at least a nod to the cruelly exploited millions of working people who made such mansions possible, would be nice.

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Preservation Society of Newport County 401-847-1000

As a historian,
I very much object to the interpretations
that are presented during the tours of these
Newport mansions as completely unbalanced.

ALDO - If you object to the interpretations
that are presented during the tours of these
Newport mansions as completely unbalanced
Please feel free to contact M`s. Trudy Coxe
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director
with your personal & knowledgeable opinions.

The Preservation Society of Newport County is accredited
by the American Association of Museums, a recognition of
excellence within the museum community.

AAM accreditation is a seal of approval that
promotes ethical and professional practices.

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You sure don't paint a pretty picture.

It's not that I can't paint a pretty picture, the fact is that the so-called "Gilded Age" was not a very pretty picture, save for a very very very few such as the Vanderbilts. For the people who worked for these magnates, life was not a pretty picture.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that these Mansions are so well preserved, as they are indeed things of marvel and beauty in their own right.

But as museums? The problem is that THEY are painting a pretty picture by studiously avoiding any attempt to place these mansions within a historical and societal context. Good history needs to make the attempt to do so, right or wrong; it is meaningless without it.

Suppose, for example, an pre-Civil War ornate southern plantation house was opened for tours as a museum. And suppose that during the course of that tour, visitors were never taken to the slave cabins, and indeed the slaves who labored on that plantation were never even mentioned during the course of the tour.

Such an exhibit would leave the uninformed visitor with an incomplete and incorrect impression of the plantation. Worse, such an omission would most likely be considered as a DELIBERATE attempt to mislead, to incorrectly portray history, and the worst sort of revisionism.

Very much the same thing is happening in Newport.

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Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival - September 27-29, 2007


It's hard to believe...

Another Newport summer is coming to an end, and now
we have the beautiful days of autumn to look forward to.

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Newport: October 13th & 14th, 2007


Bowen's Wharf - Seafood Festival - Newport

Bowen's Wharf - Newport, Rhode Island Festivals

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Ring in the Holidays at the Newport Mansions


November 17, 2007 to January 1, 2008

Christmas arrives at the Newport Mansions
with spectacular decorations, evergreens, poinsettias
and more at The Breakers, The Elms and Marble House.

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Bristol, Newport, Jamestown - Rhode Island - 4th of July Celebrations

Bristol's (RI) Annual Fourth of July Celebration, established in 1785,
is the oldest continuous celebration of its kind in the United States.

A spectacular fireworks display above
Bristol Harbor at 9:45 pm, July 3rd.
Bristol Fourth of July Parade on July 4th

July 4 - Newport at 9:15 and Portsmouth at 9:30pm.
July 5 - Jamestown at 9:15pm.

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Newport - The First Night Parade & Fireworks - 2009

The First Night Parade & Spectacular Fireworks
The Beginning of New Beginnings 43 Broadway

9:00 The First Night Newport Parade begins at Newport City Hall
led by Leroy White and ends at Perrotti Park on Newport Harbor

9:15 Spectacular Fireworks Display Over Newport Harbor

firstnightnewport.org

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July 19, 2007

Today we rode down Scenic 1A to Port Judith
On the way we stopped at Narragansett RI

Narragansett

We took photos of The Historic Towers RI

The Towers Narragansett

Oct 29, 2012

Narragansett News
Emergency Alert

Hurricane Sandy
Mandatory Evacuation by 6am of all lowlying and flood prone areas.