Step back in time with a visit to the the Artillery Company of Newport; the oldest military unit operating under its original charter in the United States! The Artillery Company of Newport was the first chartered independent unit in the Rhode Island Militia. The...
Watch as the past comes to life before your very eyes at the Newport Historical Society’s 1777 British Occupation Living History Event! The Redcoats are coming – August 26, 2017 in Newport, RI! Prior to the Revolutionary War, Newport had a booming economy and was the...
Souvlaki, Gyro, Spanakopita, and delicious Baklava. If those words have set off your salivary glands then you do not want to miss the 2017 Hellenic Fest: July 28th through the 30th in Newport, RI. Opa! The 34th annual Newport Hellenic Festival is almost here and I can...
Come celebrate the 34th Annual Newport Black Ships Festival of Japanese art and culture! July 13th through the 16th, 2017 in Newport, Rhode Island! Newport’s Black Ships Festival is an annual celebration of the long and friendly trading partnership between the United...
Last post we highlighted four of the Rhode Island Lighthouses in Newport County. In that post we visited Beavertail Lighthouse, Castle Hill Lighthouse, Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse, and the Ida Lewis Rock Lighthouse. That’s three more lighthouses than most other areas...
People come to Newport County, Rhode Island for many reasons but one of the most common is all the beautiful Newport County lighthouses! Lighthouses! If there is a more iconic and romantic coastal structure, I can’t think of it. Rhode Island is known for its...
to the U.S. Naval War College Museum on Coasters Harbor Island in Rhode Island’s beautiful Narragansett Bay. Visitors to the Naval War College Museum will enjoy the many exhibits detailing U.S. Naval history, as well as the naval heritage of Narragansett Bay. You’ll...
Summer isn’t the only time you can tour Narragansett Bay! You can book a Newport Seal Watch Cruise or Lighthouse Cruise with Save The Bay right now! Save The Bay has made their Nature, Lighthouse, and Seal Watch Cruises available October through April for over 15...
Come see Newport’s Ballard Park all a-glow with beautiful and artistic light displays composed of thousands of bulbs at the 11th annual Illuminated Garden event, scheduled for February 18th through the 20th, 2016. Newport’s only nature preserve, Ballard Park, is...
Now is the perfect time to take that beach vacation you’ve been dreaming of! Among other attractions, Rhode Island has many beaches – and Newport County beaches are some of the best the state has to offer – so what are you waiting for? Is there anything more relaxing...