Above: From the painting known as the Gettysburg Cyclorama, painting by Paul Philippoteaux in 1883. The painting is on display at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum. A Rhode Island Civil War story It was the hot, late afternoon of July 2nd, 1863, just south...
Above: Alfred Gardner's bible he had in his pocket as he bled to death at the Battle of Gettysburg. When you walk through the Varnum Armory Museum there can be a feeling of sensory overload . . . your eyes go to the weapons . . . the beautiful historic flags . . ....
A sad and desperate letter, written during the Revolutionary War by a Rhode Island African American soldier, reminds us that war is hell Tired and tempted to just throw it all away, I stuck my hand one more time into a large moldy cardboard box filled with random...
Above: Textile conservator Maria Vazquez is forced to climb onto the Armory's conservation lab table to safely unfurl a super fragile silk American flag from the 1870s with the help of Varnum volunteer Andy Santilli as RI PBS films the tense scene for an upcoming...
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