Faces of History: The Lives and Portraits of Violet Hazard and Oliver Gardiner

Name: Faces of History: The Lives and Portraits of Violet Hazard and Oliver Gardiner
Start: 2025-09-10T17:30:00-04:00
Location: 2625 Commodore Perry Hwy, South Kingstown, RI, United States, Rhode Island 02879

Schedule

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 05:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

2625 Commodore Perry Hwy, South Kingstown, RI, United States, Rhode Island 02879 | Wakefield, RI

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/

Where is it happening?

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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