#South Kingstown

[riilsports]

June RIIL Educator Spotlight, presented by BankRI: Longtime SK volleyball coach and teacher Jackie Elmer

June 20, 2024

[travsd]

Happy 90th, Theatre-By-the-Sea!

90 years ago today (August 7, 1933), a charming if unremarkable summer stock theatre opened its doors right next to the beach in Matunuck, Rhode Island. In and of itself, I don’t know that I’ve ever have marked the date, there being probably hundreds of similar little small town resort theatres around the country — BUT for the fact that it’s located in my hometown and I worked there one summer…

[jonahryans]

Game Room Family Room Providence Inspiration for a large, enclosed, coastal game room remodel with a brown interior and a travertine floor but no fireplace or television.

[rhodeislandbaseballexperience]

(via 33 Years Between Max Creek Sets Is Far Too Long)

[hotelbooking]

Holiday Inn South Kingstown-Newport Area Every effort is made to make guests feel comfortable by providing the best in services and amenities. Keep up with all your communications easily with the hotel's free Wi-Fi. Getting from and back to the airport can be easily arranged with the hotel's airport transfer services. Taxi, car hire and shuttle services provided by the hotel make exploring Saunderstown (RI) even more convenient. Guests can enjoy free parking right at the hotel. Front desk services including concierge service, express check-in or check-out, luggage storage and safety deposit boxes can assist with your needs. Getting tickets for the city's best entertainment is easy through the hotel's ticket service and tours. Get cozy and warm in the lobby with the hotel's charming on-site fireplace. Packing light is possible at Smoking is allowed only in the designated smoking areas provided by hotel. Designed for comfort, all guestrooms offer a range of amenities to ensure a restful...

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Lula brings spotlight onto Gaza crisis during Celac speech

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday brought before the United Nations a proposal from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) to end “the genocide” in the Gaza Strip. During his speech at the 8th Celac Summit in Kingstown (St Vincent and the Grenadines), the South American leader also referred to the situation in the Middle East as a “carnage.”

“The humanitarian tragedy in Gaza requires from all of us the ability to say enough is enough to the collective punishment that the Israeli government is imposing on the Palestinian people. People are dying in the queue for food. The indifference of the international community is shocking. I want to take advantage of the presence of the UN Secretary-General, my comrade António Guterres, to propose a motion from Celac for an immediate end to this genocide,” said Lula.

Lula suggested Guterres invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter, which gives him the power to draw the attention of the UN Security Council to any matter that could threaten international peace and security. The President also called on China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to put aside their differences and “put an end to this killing spree.”

The South American leader also urged Japan, who took over the rotating presidency of the Security Council on Friday, to “take up the issue urgently” and put an end to the “carnage” taking place in the Middle East. “There have already been more than 30,000 deaths. The lives of thousands of innocent women and children are at stake. The lives of Hamas hostages are also at stake. I want to end by telling you that our dignity and humanity are at stake. That's why we need to stop the carnage in the name of the survival of humanity, which needs a lot of humanism.”

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South Kingstown, Rhode Island

[victusinveritas]

Composition wise, the Seventh Rhode Island differed from the other units Rhode Island sent to the Rebellion.

It was composed largely of men from southern and western Rhode Island, most of whom were farmers and mill workers, whose average age was 21.

Company G of the Seventh was recruited in South Kingstown.

Tragically one in three Company G men died serving in the war, an absolutely horrible record.

One of them was this man, Charles W. Gardiner. He was nineteen and a farmer from South Kingstown when he joined up on August 20, 1862.

Like so many members of the Seventh he got sick in Mississippi, and died of typhoid on August 24, 1863 at Cincinnati. Fortunately his remains were brought home and buried in the Usquepaugh Cemetery.

His epitaph includes this poem:

Time hath not the power to bear away, Thine image from the heart; No scenes that mark life's onward way, Can bid it hence depart. Yet while our souls with anguish ridden, Mourn dearest one for thee, We raise our tearful eyes to heaven, When our dark path appears. Tis sweet to know, thou canst not share, Our anguish and our tears, For thou has gained a brighter land, And death's cold stream is past.

[likefolksongs]

[historyfiles]

St Vincent and Grenadines: this nation state consists of the main island of St Vincent with its capital, Kingstown, located towards the south, along with a chain of smaller islands which together comprise the northern Grenadines (the southern Grenadines belong to Grenada).

[notebookwitch]

The Farmer's Daughter in South County, Rhode Island

Here's some of the cute little "stores" and displays at this South Kingstown perfect fall destination. It is Autumn in New England, for sure!

The Witch's House with "notions, potions, devotions, herbarium, apothescary." It was a little creepy but also cute and kitschy. That green figure in the little garden was sufficient scary.

And the other little rooms of things for sale, especially the Halloween room, was really fun to look around.

I loved, of course, the growing flowers. Those will be in my next post. 🙂

[kingandrewburnap]

[negirahul9090]

Here is a list of country names along with their capitals:

Country    -   capital

Afghanistan - Kabul

Albania - Tirana

Algeria - Algiers

Andorra - Andorra la Vella

Angola - Luanda

Antigua and Barbuda - St. John's

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Armenia - Yerevan

Australia - Canberra

Austria - Vienna

Azerbaijan - Baku

Bahamas - Nassau

Bahrain - Manama

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Barbados - Bridgetown

Belarus - Minsk

Belgium - Brussels

Belize - Belmopan

Benin - Porto-Novo

Bhutan - Thimphu

Bolivia - La Paz (administrative capital), Sucre (constitutional capital)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo

Botswana - Gaborone

Brazil - Brasília

Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria - Sofia

Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou

Burundi - Bujumbura

Cabo Verde - Praia

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

Cameroon - Yaoundé

Canada - Ottawa

Central African Republic - Bangui

Chad - N'Djamena

Chile - Santiago

China - Beijing

Colombia - Bogotá

Comoros - Moroni

Congo (Democratic Republic of the) - Kinshasa

Congo (Republic of the) - Brazzaville

Costa Rica - San José

Croatia - Zagreb

Cuba - Havana

Cyprus - Nicosia

Czech Republic - Prague

Denmark - Copenhagen

Djibouti - Djibouti

Dominica - Roseau

Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo

East Timor - Dili

Ecuador - Quito

Egypt - Cairo

El Salvador - San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea - Malabo

Eritrea - Asmara

Estonia - Tallinn

Eswatini - Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative)

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa

Fiji - Suva

Finland - Helsinki

France - Paris

Gabon - Libreville

Gambia - Banjul

Georgia - Tbilisi

Germany - Berlin

Ghana - Accra

Greece - Athens

Grenada - St. George's

Guatemala - Guatemala City

Guinea - Conakry

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau

Guyana - Georgetown

Haiti - Port-au-Prince

Honduras - Tegucigalpa

Hungary - Budapest

Iceland - Reykjavik

India - New Delhi

Indonesia - Jakarta

Iran - Tehran

Iraq - Baghdad

Ireland - Dublin

Israel - Jerusalem

Italy - Rome

Jamaica - Kingston

Japan - Tokyo

Jordan - Amman

Kazakhstan - Nur-Sultan

Kenya - Nairobi

Kiribati - South Tarawa

Korea (North) - Pyongyang

Korea (South) - Seoul

Kosovo - Pristina

Kuwait - Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek

Laos - Vientiane

Latvia - Riga

Lebanon - Beirut

Lesotho - Maseru

Liberia - Monrovia

Libya - Tripoli

Liechtenstein - Vaduz

Lithuania - Vilnius

Luxembourg - Luxembourg City

Madagascar - Antananarivo

Malawi - Lilongwe

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Maldives - Male

Mali - Bamako

Malta - Valletta

Marshall Islands - Majuro

Mauritania - Nouakchott

Mauritius - Port Louis

Mexico - Mexico City

Micronesia - Palikir

Moldova - Chisinau

Monaco - Monaco

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar

Montenegro - Podgorica

Morocco - Rabat

Mozambique - Maputo

Myanmar (Burma) - Naypyidaw

Namibia - Windhoek

Nauru - Yaren

Nepal - Kathmandu

Netherlands - Amsterdam (capital), The Hague (seat of government)

New Zealand - Wellington

Nicaragua - Managua

Niger - Niamey

Nigeria - Abuja

North Macedonia - Skopje

Norway - Oslo

Oman - Muscat

Pakistan - Islamabad

Palau - Ngerulmud

Panama - Panama City

Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Paraguay - Asunción

Peru - Lima

Philippines - Manila

Poland - Warsaw

Portugal - Lisbon

Qatar - Doha

Romania - Bucharest

Russia - Moscow

Rwanda - Kigali

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre

Saint Lucia - Castries

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown

Samoa - Apia

San Marino - San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Senegal - Dakar

Serbia - Belgrade

Seychelles - Victoria

Sierra Leone - Freetown

Singapore - Singapore

Slovakia - Bratislava

Slovenia - Ljubljana

Solomon Islands - Honiara

Somalia - Mogadishu

South Africa - Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)

South Sudan - Juba

Spain - Madrid

Sri Lanka - Colombo (executive), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Sudan - Khartoum

Suriname - Paramaribo

Sweden - Stockholm

Switzerland - Bern

Syria - Damascus

Taiwan - Taipei

Tajikistan - Dushanbe

Tanzania - Dodoma

Thailand - Bangkok

Togo - Lomé

Tonga - Nuku'alofa

Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain

Tunisia - Tunis

Turkey - Ankara

Turkmenistan - Ashgabat

Tuvalu - Funafuti

Uganda - Kampala

Ukraine - Kyiv

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom - London

United States - Washington, D.C.

Uruguay - Montevideo

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Vanuatu - Port Vila

Vatican City - Vatican City

Venezuela - Caracas

Vietnam - Hanoi

Yemen - Sana'a

Zambia - Lusaka

Zimbabwe - Harare

Abkhazia - Sukhumi

Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) - Stepanakert

Cook Islands - Avarua

Kosovo - Pristina

Niue - Alofi

Northern Cyprus - North Nicosia

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic - El Aaiún

Somaliland - Hargeisa

South Ossetia - Tskhinvali

Transnistria - Tiraspol

Catalonia - Barcelona

Kurdistan - Erbil

Scotland - Edinburgh

Tibet - Lhasa

West Papua - Manokwari

Please note that the status and recognition of some of these regions may vary, and they may not be universally recognized as independent countries or have widespread international recognition.

[davidstanleytravel]

A stained glass window commissioned by Queen Victoria of an angel dressed in red is in the south transept of St George's Anglican Cathedral in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

[petnews2day]

A Glimpse into the Whimsical World of Local Artist David Bird

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/0pYxd

A Glimpse into the Whimsical World of Local Artist David Bird

In one photograph, the woodland creature Ryder dances joyfully under a flower. In another, Go Go hitches a ride on a mouse. A third depicts Silas splashing in a pool of water alongside a sparrow.  The characters, called Becorns, are the creation of South Kingstown artist David Bird. He builds the figurines out of sticks, […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/0pYxd #BirdNews

[matt-niebuhr]

… a couple of moments above the clouds - I’ll always take the window seat if given the chance…..… #planewindowview (at South Kingstown, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoKe5UgOb24/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=