– The Templeton Historical Society celebrated Founders Day Saturday afternoon at their Templeton Museum and Blacksmith Shop. Several hundred people turned out to visit the museum and blacksmith shop, and admire a collection of old cars parked along Main Street.
The story of the discovery of the Yarn Swift at the Narragansett Historical Society began in 2015. “The Yarn Swift is a useful device that makes everything effortless when you are winding yarn from a hank or skein. It serves to hold the skeins under.
–The board for the Templeton Historical Museum Society has announced the reopening of the museum beginning April 30. From this date forward the museum will be open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
The county and state guidelines have permitted indoor museums to reopen, as long as all guidelines are met.
Volunteers have been working on museum displays over the last few months of closure and there are many new things to see. Two of the many items include a grinding stone that was used by the Salinian People and a Templeton Eagle’s Jacket that was worn by Josh Brolin in the movie No Country for Old Men.