In 1998, Trinity Episcopal Church, Newport, Rhode Island, commissioned parishioner John B. Hattendorf, Professor of Maritime History at the US Navy War College, Newport, RI, to write a history of Trinity Church, as a part of its tercentenaryMoreIn 1998, Trinity Episcopal Church, Newport, Rhode Island, commissioned parishioner John B.
Hattendorf, Professor of Maritime History at the US Navy War College, Newport, RI, to write a history of Trinity Church, as a part of its tercentenary celebration.This 500 page work, complete with many pictures, traces Trinity’s history from its colonial beginnings to the present. Professor Hattendorf’s exhaustive research of Trinity’s own records, as well as those from other sources, gives a complete picture of an important colonial church.