Posts Tagged ‘Old Slater Mill’
To Do in RI: Stages of Freedom’ Laboring for Freedom African American exhibit – Slater Mill
Image, above: provided by Stages of Freedom (NPS/Horrocks) Stages of Freedom’s newest exhibit, Laboring for Freedom: African Americans in the Blackstone River Valley, will debut this Friday, October 18th from 7 to 8pm at the Old Slater Mill, a National Historic Landmark, 67 Roosevelt Avenue in Pawtucket. Robb Dimmick and Ray Rickman will deliver remarks.…
Read MoreThe Slater Mill Field Trip: in the footsteps of Samuel Slater – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer In Pawtucket’s downtown, you will find historic Slater Mill, consisting of the Slater and Wilkinson Mill and the Sylvanus Brown House, sitting on five acres of land on both sides of the Blackstone River, a mill that celebrates America’s Industrial Revolution to generations of visiting students. Pawtucket resident Patricia S. Zacks…
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