A new exhibit is now open at the Newport Historical Society that will explore the several military occupations of Newport during the Revolutionary War. Residents of Middletown interested in American colonial history may want to visit this exhibit.
The exhibit is part of the ongoing programming of the society to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the independence of America. It includes touch screen storytelling and interactive maps. H2 Design Studio designed the exhibit and historian Donald Johnson curated the exhibit. Johnson is an associate professor of history at North Dakota State University. He said the exhibit draws on the extensive manuscript and artifact collections of the society and cutting-edge historical research to tell the story of a colonial city that was caught in a conflict of global and civil dimensions.
Poster printing can be used to promote such exhibits throughout a region.
During the Revolutionary War, Newport came under different leadership more frequently than any other seaport of significance in North America. Its commanding strategic position and deep-water harbor made it a prized possession, leading to successive occupations by Continental, British, and French forces throughout the conflict.
Support for the exhibit is made possible by the Rhode Island Semiquincentennial Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Society of the Cincinnati, and the Rhode Island Society Sons of the Revolution, among others.
The exhibition will be on display until the end of this year.
