Posts Tagged ‘North Burial Ground’
$5,000 Reward offered for return of bronze Bannister gravesite plaque
Photo: Newport Art Museum archives A $5,000 cash reward is offered for the return of the bronze plaque stolen from the gravesite of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bannister at the North Burial Ground in Providence. The larger of two bronze plaques was removed from the stone monument within the last few days. Ray Rickman, founder…
Read MoreMemorial Day Weekend is here, I try and remember why I’m able to enjoy the time . . . Michael Morse
by Michael Morse, contributing writer I think of the people whose lives ended in a foreign land, or on our soil, far away from their childhood friends and families. I think of their last moments, looking into the eyes of a person they may have known only a little while, but whose bond of service holds…
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