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Description
Newport Black History Walking Tour:
Your AARP membership entitles you and your guests to a discounted ticket of 50%. Normal ticket price is $20.
Program made possible by a grant from RI Commerce Department and a generous collaboration with AARP Rhode Island.
Lost Stories of Resistance & Freedom
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Mon October 7th at 10 AM and Thursday October 24th at 4:00 PM
$20 for Adults, $15 for MiIitary, $10 for Children 12 & Under
Experience Newport’s little-known Black history on a tour of Colonial-era Historic Hill. This unique opportunity brings you to historic locations designated with Rhode Island Slave History Medallion (RISHM) markers and other local landmarks. Your RISHM tour guide will introduce you to early Black Americans, their contributions, acts of resistance, and struggles for freedom that shaped not only Newport but the nation.
For more information visit: https://rishm.org/newport-black-history-walking-tour/.
Date & Time
Oct 21 - 24, 2024
Venue Details
Tours start next to the Pilot House at Bowen's Wharf
13 Bowens WharfNewport, Rhode Island 02840
