Photos of SMD-RI Compact Day and Forefather's Day events.

The Compact Day Luncheon was held, November 15, 2009, at the Quonset O Club, in North Kingstown. Guest Speaker Glenn Cheney, author of the recently published "Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims' First Year In America," spoke about his new book and about his efforts to learn more about who the Mayflower Pilgrims really were as people. The Forefather's Day gathering took place, December 13, 2009, at the beautiful Quidnessett Country Club, in North Kingstown. Multi-Instrumentalist and specialist in early music Everett Brown discussed American music from early days forward. Mr. Brown performed a number of songs on a variety of period instruments. All photos of these two events were taken by Mr. Timothy A. Ulmschneider, who is conspicuously absent from them. We'll be sure to take some photos of Tim at the next Rhode Island Mayflower events. CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE.