God's Little Acre Lecture and Tour

This lecture will take place in the Belmont Chapel and focus on the section of the Common Burying Ground known as God’s Little Acre. It contains the largest collection of graves with headstones for people of African heritage that lived in colonial America. The lecture will introduce the site and stones to participants with some people and stones highlighted. Participants will then leave the chapel to tour the site.

You may also like the following events from Friends of Newport's Historic Cemeteries:

• Next month, 11th September, 01:00 pm, Lecture- Colonial Newport Gravestone Carvers and Burial Sitess in Newport
• Next month, 18th September, 02:00 pm, Newport Common Burying Ground Tour in Newport
• This October, 2nd October, 02:00 pm, Gov. Arnold Burial site and Trinity Churchyard tour in Newport