Upcoming Events:
SSRI March happy hour
Wednesday March 20, 2024
Kelly’s Irish Times 14 F St. NW Washington, DC 20001
6:00-8:00 pm
Click here to purchase tickets (Free for SSRI members, $10 for non-members)
Past Events:
SSRI Holiday party
Wednesday December 13, 2023
ATSSA Townhouse 512 8th St. SE Washington, DC 20003
6:00-8:00 pm
Click here to purchase tickets ($30 for admission + 2024 membership)
SSRI Happy Hour
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Kelly’s Irish Times
6:00-8:00 pm
NEw England State Society Happy Hour
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Across the Pond, 1732 Connecticut Ave. NW
6:30-8:30 pm
The Hidden History of Rhode Island with Michael J. Simpson, Research Fellow
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Virtual
6:30-7:30 pm
Michael J. Simpson's presentation of “The Hidden History of Rhode Island” will be separated into four portions. The first will briefly highlight the Native history of Narragansett Bay, using archaeological and ethnographic evidence to paint a picture of what life was like for the eight thousand years prior to when European contact began in 1524. The second portion will demonstrate how Indigenous enslavement, and a slave trade to the West Indies, preceded the African slave trade of the eighteenth century-- sometimes using the same ships to bring enslaved Natives to the Caribbean, and then returning north with enslaved Africans. This portion will also seek to demonstrate the intricate ways in which the Indigenous and African experience, while distinct, often overlapped when it came to enslavement. The third portion will move to highlight Rhode Island’s exorbitant role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the eighteenth century, where merchants from Rhode Island controlled between 60 and 90 percent of the American trade in enslaved Africans. Finally, the closing portion of the presentation will highlight some of the fascinating stories and social histories of Africans and African Americans in Newport during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
SSRI Happy Hour
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Legal Seafoods - Legal Sea Bar at Union Station
6:30-8:30 pm
Join the State Society of Rhode Island for our Bi-Monthly Happy Hour! This year our happy hours will be at the Legal Sea Bar at Union Station. New, returning, and prospective members are welcome at the SSRI Bi-Monthly Happy Hour! Our bi-monthly happy hours provide all Rhode Islanders in DC the opportunity to meet each other and network in an informal setting.
Meet and Greet with RI General Treasurer Seth Magaziner
Monday, February 10, 2020
1910 Sunderland Pl NW, Washington, DC
6-8 pm
SSRI invites you to a Meet and Greet with Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner. Join us on Monday, February 10 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at 1910 Sunderland Pl NW in DuPont. As Rhode Island’s General Treasurer, Seth Magaziner is committed to promoting economic growth and expanding opportunity through honest, effective leadership. Seth was born in Bristol, Rhode Island and began his career as a public elementary school teacher and later as an investment professional, before taking office as General Treasurer in 2015.
SSRI Holiday Party!
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Dirty Water Bar: 816 H Street NE
6-8 pm
Join the State Society of Rhode Island for some holiday festivities! Pizza and snacks provided!
SSRI Members will be entered into a raffle for Rhody themed prizes!
Annual New England State Societies Happy Hour
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Luke’s Lobster Farragut North Location: 800 17th St. NW
6-8 pm
Join the State Society of Rhode Island, the Mass State Society, the Maine State Society, and the Connecticut State Society for our annual New England State Societies Happy Hour!