Roots & Routes is about discovering Smith’s Castle - not just as a historic building, but as a living landscape. The ‘roots’ represent both the native plants that have grown here for centuries and the deep cultural roots of the people connected to this land. The ‘routes’ are the paths walked over time — by…

FREE ADMISSION · SUGGESTED DONATION LIVING HISTORY Valerie Tutson  Rhode Island Black Storytellers Tutson will perform a presentation portraying the wife of Caesar Updik, and tell their lives of upheaval and uncertainty during the war and on his return as a free man to Rhode Island. Jason Roomes Trustee & Direct Descendant A historical re-enactor…