Rep. Donna
Walsh secures grant for new historical guide to Cross Mills
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| CHS President Pam Lyons, author Jean Pellam and Donna |
News release from Rep. Donna Walsh
(Charlestown)
Rep. Donna Walsh (District 36) presented the Charlestown Historical Society with
a $3000 check to support their outstanding work to preserve Charlestown’s
history and promote cultural tourism.
The
donation is a legislative grant secured by Rep. Walsh, one among many that she
has gotten for local schools and nonprofit organizations.
The
grant will fund a new CHS publication called “Historic Locations of Cross
Mills” by Jean Pellam.
The
book, with old photographs and a location map, is a tour of the Cross Mills
Village District. It features evolutionary descriptions of thirty-seven still-standing
buildings and public sites. The book uses the structures and sites as a
framework to treat the reader to an entertaining history lesson about how the
small, rural community of Cross Mills has sustained itself through the
generations.
“The
Charlestown Historical Society is one of my favorite local institutions,” said
Rep. Walsh. “I am pleased to secure funding for projects like this that will
help make Charlestown a year-round attraction for tourism that can boost our
local economy and create jobs.”
Accepting
the donation on behalf of the Society, CHS President Pam Lyons said, “When it
comes to meeting the needs of Charlestown, nobody does it better than Donna
Walsh.”
Ms.
Pellam’s Cross Mills guidebook will be sold by the Society and all of the
proceeds will be used to carry out its mission to preserve Charlestown’s
heritage.
Representative Walsh represents
House District 36, which covers all of Charlestown and Block Island as well as
parts of Westerly and South Kingstown.
For more information,
please contact Rep. Walsh at 523-2199 or visit her website at www.Rep-Donna-Walsh.com.
