2010

January 23:  Annual Meeting, Dinner and Program. Professor Mary Beaudry: Archaeology of the Major John Bradford House   

February:  No event scheduled.

April 3: Potluck Dinner and Program. Diane Rapaport: The Naked Quaker: True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England

Spring Potluck Dinner 2010 - flyer

April 10:  Backroads of the South Shore Symposium: Summer Folk: The Story Of Tourism on the South Shore

Backroads 2010 - brochure

May 28: Bradford Homestead Clean-Up Day

June TBA:  Visit and Tours of the Bradford House by Kingston Intermediate 3^rd-Graders

June 12:  Attic Day at the Bradford Homestead

Attic Day Flyer

June 26:  Bradford Homestead Opening Day: Reception, Exhibition, 3^rd-grader’s art

Opening Day Invitation          Opening Day and Summer Tourism

July 11, 18 & 25: Summer Breakfasts, Silent Auction, Raffle, Tours of Bradford House

breakfast menu

August 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29: Summer Breakfasts, Silent Auction, Raffle, Tours of Bradford House

breakfast menu

August 14: Annual Meeting of the Governor William Bradford Compact

August 21: Lobster Boil

Lobster boil

September 17: JRVHS visits The Whaling Museum and Historic New Bedford. In the morning a visit to the Whaling Museum which houses the world’s largest collection of whaling artifacts is planned.  There also will be time to visit the surrounding National Historical Park which includes the Seaman’s Bethel described by Melville in Moby-Dick, the Customs House as well as antique shops worthy of exploring and a variety of places for lunch.  In the afternoon there is a docent led tour of the Rotch- Jones- Duff  House Museum, one of the “brave houses and flowery gardens” also described in Moby-Dick.  
MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW

Event Registration & Flyer

September 25: Candlelight Dinner

October: Program TBA

November: No event scheduled.

December 13: President’s Wassail

Please Note: Events and dates are subject to change and notice of that will be given.. Please watch for newsletters, special mailings, or visit our web site www.JRVHS.org for upcoming event details.
 

The Jones River Village Historical Society works to collect, preserve and educate the public about the history of the town of Kingston.  It makes its collections accessible through exhibitions, research assistance and educational programs and lectures.  It also preserves, protects and maintains the Society’s headquarters, the Major John Bradford Homestead.