Rhode Island Slave History Medallions - RISHM

06/12/2026

ICYMI...RISHM's ✨250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration✨

👉🏿Join us at RISHM's ✨ 250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration✨ at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, June 20th 11 am until 4 pm.🫶🏿✨😘

P.S. You can 🚲“Get There By Bike”🚲!
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06/10/2026

BIKE TO THE 250TH JUNETEENTH LIVING HISTORY CELEBRATION...

The 250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration at Fort Adams is proud to partner with Bike Newport, RI and the “Get There By Bike” initiative to provide high capacity bike racks, maps, routes, and information for this event. Leave your car outside of Newport, skip the parking hassles, and bike to Fort Adams for full day of living history, music cultural performances, storytelling, food, and activities for all ages! By doing so, you are decreasing traffic congestion, carbon emissions, and contributing to a more sustainable, healthy community.

Join the movement and enjoy the ride while helping reduce traffic congestion! Read on for routes, maps, Park & Bike locations, and more. 250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration at Fort Adams, June 20th, 11am-4pm The 250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration at Fort Adams is proud to partner wi...

06/07/2026

👉🏿Be sure to watch RISHM's Executive Director Charles Roberts tomorrow morning, Monday, June 8, on The Rhode Show. He'll be discussing details of the upcoming✨ 250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration at Fort Adams✨

06/05/2026

Thanks What's Up Newp for the feature on Rhode Island Slave History Medallions - RISHM's upcoming 250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration at Fort Adams!🫶🏿✨

The fourth annual Newport Juneteenth celebration will be held Saturday, June 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Fort Adams State Park, organizers announced. The event, presented by Rhode Island Slave History Medallions, will mark Juneteenth with a Rhode Island 250th anniversary theme this year and will b...

06/05/2026

RISHM's ✨250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration✨

👉🏿Join us at RISHM's ✨250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration✨ at Fort Adams State Park, June 20th, 11 am - 4 pm🫶🏿✨😘

👉🏿Join us at RISHM's ✨250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration✨ at Fort Adams State Park, June 20th, 11 am - 4 pm🫶🏿✨😘

06/04/2026

🫶🏿✨Thanks Mandell, Boisclair & Mandell, Ltd for letting people know about the Rhode Island Slave History Medallions - RISHM's upcoming 250th Juneteenth Living History Celebration at Fort Adams!✨🫶🏿

Hope to see you there!😘✨

06/02/2026

If you have not had a chance to view the maquette of George T. Downing, you're in luck. The maquette is on display at the Newport Art Museum through the end of June. 😃✨🫶🏿

Want to contribute? Use our Fund-a-need donation form and select the Downing Commemorative Public Art Project.
👉🏿https://rishm.org/donate/

05/25/2026

"The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day"...

Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865

05/23/2026

👣✨RISHM's Black History Walking Tours 2026 Season Starts Today✨👣

🎟Tickets for RISHM’s 2026 Black History Walking Tour Season are now available! The third season of RISHM's Newport Black History Walking Tours will begin on Memorial Day weekend on Saturday May 23, starting at 10:00am, leaving from 13 Bowen’s Wharf, the corner of Market Street and America’s Cup Avenue, near the ticket office, the Pilot House.

We will travel up to Trinity Church and into the heart of African American activity in the colony of Newport, the Historic District. We honor those who lived in bo***ge and resisted until they had their freedom. The tour season ends on Saturday, October 31st.

Take a walk with us across Historic Hill to learn about – and honor – Newport’s Colonial Black American History. Please join us to hear their stories of black excellence.🫶🏿✨😘

👉https://rishm.org/newport-black-history-walking-tour/