Providence, United States
52 Power St
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+1 4012737507
Gender-neutral toiletsGood for kidsToiletsNo restaurant
Assisted listening devicesWheelchair-accessible car parkWheelchair-accessible entranceWheelchair-accessible toilet
Another piece of our American history. The museum was closed today, but the grounds were open to the public.
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Great walking tour of Benefit Street with Denise
The Benefit Street tour starts from the John Brown Museum. You have to book advance and it is a good way to find your way around the historic sites of Providence. Geographically, the tour covers a distance from about the middle of Benefit Street down to the northern end of the street; and historically it roams from the earliest settlers right up to the modern day. The history of Brown University, and the mega rich Brown family who set it up, are inevitably a big part of the story. The family patriarch John Brown features prominently and our guide didn’t shy away from Brown’s less than proud history of slave ownership. There’s also a visit to the Providence Athanaeum, site of some Edgar Allan Poe scandal, and a tour of the First Baptist Church of America, which looks exactly as you would hope a New England church to look. The tour does take a very long time and our teenager was getting a bit fed up at the end, but it was interesting and we learned a lot.
John Brown was an American abolitionist. Brown advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. You will learn more about this man and his brothers who had a different pov on things. It is a great place to learn more about a sad but also liberating part in American history. Without history we are nothing.
Great place to visit when in town!
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