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Glocester
Heritage Gardens
Dr. Reuben Mason House
Medicinal Gardens
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Job Armstrong Store
Shopkeeper's Garden
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CHECK THE CALENDAR!
See our Calendar page for the latest
events and meetings.
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GRANT WRITER WANTED!
The Society is looking for someone
who can write grant proposals.
Please call 568-8967 if interested.
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JOIN G.H.S. OR RENEW YOUR
MEMBERSHIP ONLINE!
CLICK HERE
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Learn about the Chepachet Meeting House and the Chepachet Free Will Baptist Church in the Dorr
Rebellion!
Courtesy of Chepachet
Free Will Baptist Church
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To Glocester Heritage Society Members...
We hope this message finds our members in good health. We cancelled our March 16th meeting out of concern for social distancing advice. At
that meeting, we would have had a Moment of Silence for Virginia Waterman, long time member who had recently passed. Remember her in your thoughts and prayers.
Also, there are some events being planned for May 9th, the URI Master Gardeners Plant Sale at the Job Armstrong Store, and June 27th, a
Master Gardeners Open House at the Reuben Mason House. At this point in time we are not sure if these events will take place.
Some good news! We received financial aid from the Town of Glocester to help with our insurance payments. Thank you to the Budget Board
members for granting our application request for $1250.00.
Bill Brown and his Historic Cemetery volunteers are continuing with plans for placing flags on the grave sites of our Town veterans for
Memorial Day.
As we battle the coronavirus/COVID19, some of us remember the restrictions in place during World War II. For some of us it was part of a
history lesson. As Americans, we are living in an historic era.
Be safe and stay healthy.
Marie Sweet, President
Charlie Wilson, Treasurer
March 25, 2020
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West of the Seven Mile Line
A History of Glocester (Episode 1)
NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD
Three years in the making, this documentary covers over 300 years of history and tells the story of the
native people and early settlers. It describes the area when it was just a wild land called the Outlands or the land "West of the Seven Mile Line" and how it evolved into a thriving center of commerce when the
Great Country Road was built (Rt. 44). It shows how the people were affected during the Revolutionary War and how the eyes of the world were on Chepachet during the Dorr Rebellion. It also takes an in-depth
tour through the villages of Glocester. Written and produced by Betty and Carlo Mencucci, Log Cabin Studios.
Purchase your copy at GHS today!
Email for purchase information
info@glocesterheritagesociety.org
Organized in 1967 -- The purpose of the Society shall be to identify, acquire, hold, arrange, restore, maintain, and preserve for posterity buildings,
tracts of land and objects of historical, educational, architectural, cultural and other similar interests of outstanding value within the Town of Glocester, RI.
History is identity. It is our historic heritage that defines Glocester as a unique place. The Glocester Heritage Society seeks to bring history alive!
The Society is headquartered at the Job Armstrong Store at 1181 Main Street in historic Chepachet, Rhode Island. Built about 1813, this building was
the largest of the thirteen dry goods and grocery stores operating during the early 1800's in Chepachet, with 4 to 5 clerks working full-time. The
building was purchased by the Glocester Heritage Society in 1971 and was gradually restored. It now includes a Visitor Center and welcomes the public to all meetings. Historic and genealogical researchers by appointment only. Call 568-8967.
Please browse our web site to learn more about the Society and its activities, projects, and special events.
THE JOB ARMSTRONG STORE IS OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Please contact GHS President Marie Sweet at 401-568-7347 or GHS Archivist Edna Kent at 401-568-8967 to make arrangements.
Exhibits and Phetteplace Scrapbooks: 1st floor
Reading Room & Archives: 2nd floor
We sell books, cards, note paper, 1790 maps, cups, shirts, bags, elephant and Dorr Rebellion items.
Our famous cookbook, "Taste of Glocester," is in its 6th printing and is available for $24.95.
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