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Monuments
Newport's monuments provide a time-warp of sorts linking the present to those individuals and events that comprise Newport's extraordinary heritage. Many of the bronze and stone monuments were erected as part of Newport's salient contribution to an American movement known as the Aesthetic Movement. It is this movement that fostered the grand mansions of Bellevue Avenue.
More importantly, Newport's monuments are a statement from past generations to future generations; a story told in bronze.
An assessment of Newport's major monuments was commissioned by the City of Newport as part of the ongoing Newport Monuments Program. This program was initiated through the works of the Newport Cultural Commission, in particular through the efforts of Mrs. Linda Gordon.
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Architecture
Shutters would be a welcome addition
to Newport's historic structures. They afford a level of protection
against strong storms as well as increasing authenticity.
Environmental
WFF argues that carbon offsetting is based on a false premise and that carbon stored in trees or biological carbon is not equivalent to fossil carbon. more→
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Learning
Carpenter bees,
while relatively
harmless to humans, pose a very real threat to Newport's historic
structures.
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Peter Harrison's Beavertail Light is eroding into the sea. A small committee, part of the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association [BLMA] has called for action. Read the technical assessment.
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Archive of previous articles. While it is not fully up at this point,
you will see the direction that it is headed.
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Connoisseurship
Jamestown Glass: Reader Jake Smith of Middletown encouraged research into America's earliest intended industry, glassmaking.
Jamestown, VA was established by two competing wings of the London Virginia Corporation. Chartered by James I, the colony was founded to make a profit for the corporation. This became a paradigm for many later colonies.
Sailing under a Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I (Gloriana) Sir Walter Raleigh surveyed the coast of New Virginia. on 4 June 1584, Raleigh attempted to establish Virginia's first colony on Roanoke Island in 1584.
He realized that the shores of Virginia were rich with sand essential for glassmaking and wood to fire furnaces. more→