Lecture: Understanding Our Flags: From The Civil War And Earlier

Name: Lecture: Understanding Our Flags: From The Civil War And Earlier
Start: December 8, 2022
End: December 8, 2022
Location: Portsmouth RI Historical Society

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YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND

Portsmouth Historical Society’s 2022 Annual Meeting

Thursday, December 8th at 6:00 p.m.

870 East Main Rd at Union St

Featured Program

UNDERSTANDING OUR FLAGS: FROM THE CIVIL WAR AND EARLIER

our most treasured flags will be on display for a rare full viewing

heavy hor d'oeuvres and cocktails to follow

NO RSVP NECESSARY - FREE - ALL ARE WELCOME

Guest Presenter - Maria Vazquez

Maria Vazquez has a Master’s degree in Textile Conservation from the University of Rhode Island. She has been on multiple PBS specials, including one documenting the conservation she performed on the oldest, and most complete, flag in North America, the Byfield Flag. She is currently Vice President of the Varnum Memorial Armory in East Greenwich, RI and works full-time as the Collections Manager for the Naval War College Museum in Newport, RI.