As part of the Newport Historical Society’s Annual Meeting, Nicole Belolan will discuss her research about a gravestone in the Common Burying Ground in a 4:30pm talk. A marker dated February 1786 in Newport's Common Burying Ground commemorates the amputation by a Newport physician of a woman's arm. From a variety of sources, Belolan will reconstruct Desire Tripp’s life in late 18th century Newport, and will examine the record for the memory and meaning behind this amputation, and how they have changed over time. Reservations requested. 401-841-8770
