Connecting with and Preserving the Past: A Glimpse into Brewster's History 1600s-1800s Brewster Ladies' Library Association Discovery & Enrichment Series: Connecting with and Preserving the Past: A Glimpse into Brewster's History 1600s-1800s Ellie Devlin, BHS tour guide and Cobb House docent, will transport us back to the 1600s when the Saquatucket Tribe and English colonists shared this land.... (more)

The year was 1953. The location- Newport, Rhode Island. The bride wore a dress of ivory tissue silk, with a portrait neckline, fitted bodice, and a bouffant skirt embellished with bands of more than fifty yards of flounces.... (more)