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Please note- this event was originally scheduled for August 6. It has been rescheduled to September 10.This lecture by Erica Luke of the South County History Center will explore Matunuck’s history as a center of Black life through the portraits of two well-remembered residents: Violet Sands Hazard and Oliver Hazard Perry Gardiner. What can we learn from the historical record about their experiences and relationships with the Hales and other Matunuck families? How has the area’s multi-racial community inspired artists, writers, and historians?
Please RSVP at https://halehouseri.org/event/faces-of-history-the-lives-and-portraits-of-violet-hazard-and-oliver-gardiner/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
2625 Commodore Perry Hwy, South Kingstown, RI, United States, Rhode Island 02879, 2627 CMDR Oliver Hazard Perry Memorial Hwy, Wakefield, RI 02879-5536, United States
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