Dr. Patrick T. Conley: Biographical Résumé (6)

• MISCELLANEOUS ACADEMIC or HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES:
• Delivered the David C. Adelman Memorial Lecture—Rhode Island Jewish Historical Society (1976).
• Delivered the Law Day Address to the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1976).
• Principal Speaker, George Washington Letter Observance, Touro Synagogue, Newport (1976).
• Grand Marshal of the Gaspee Days Parade (1977).
• Principal Centennial Speaker—Henry Barnard Club of Rhode Island (1977).
• Delivered the Constitution Bicentennial Address—Rhode Island Supreme Court (1987).
• Principal Speaker on the occasion of the visit of the Magna Carta to Rhode Island (State House, 1987).
• Delivered the Major Address to the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association (1988).
• Principal Speaker, the Bicentennial Observance of George Washington’s Inauguration, Masonic Hall, New York City (1989).
• Co-Chairman with Justice Florence K. Murray of, “Forums for Freedom: Rhode Island Debates the Bill of Rights” (9 Forums — 1991).
• Principal Speaker, Congress Hall, Philadelphia, at the Bicentennial Observance of the Ratification of the Bill of Rights (December 15, 1991).
• Chairman, Dorr Sesquicentennial Committee of the Rhode Island Historical Society (1991–92).
• Co-Chairman, U.S. Information Agency’s advisory panel, which planned the Bill of Rights exhibit at the 1992 Seville World’s Fair.
• Delivered the Law Day Address to the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1993).
• Inducted into The Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame (May 7, 1995).
• Delivered the Law Day Address to the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1998).
• Board of Directors, Spanish-American War Centennial Committee of Rhode Island (1998).
• Principal Speaker, the Millennium Session of the Rhode Island General Assembly held at the Colony House, Newport (May 4, 2000).
• Principal Speaker, Warren Veterans’ Memorial Dedication (November 11, 2001).
• Principal Speaker, 200th Anniversary Observance of the founding of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery (May 4, 2002).
• Inaugural address to the newly-constituted Rhode Island Senate (January, 2003).
• Principal Address, 325th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of Bristol, Rhode Island (2005).
• Principal Address, 225th Anniversary Observance of the Beginning of the Rochambeau March to Yorktown, PA, Providence (June, 2006).
• Patriotic Speaker, Bristol Fourth of July Celebration (2007).
• Principal Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Rhode Island Historical Society (2007).
• Speaker, Dedication of the Irish Famine Memorial, Providence (2007).
• Principal Speaker, Centennial Observance for the Varnum Continental, Rhode Island Militia (2007).
• Principal Speaker, The North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association (April, 2008).
• Principal Speaker, Dedication of Memorial Stone to John Gordon, St. Mary’s Cemetery, Pawtucket (2011).
• Appointed First-Ever Historian Laureate of Rhode Island (July, 2012).
• Principal Address, Governor’s Reception Room to pen the Centennial Year marking the birth of Congressman John E. Fogarty (January 10, 2013).
• Sponsor with Gail Conley of the annual Constitution Day observance at Gale Winds and Conley’s Wharf featuring lectures on the federal Constitution by nationally prominent scholars from 2000 through 2013.
• Inaugural Address, Rhode Island Statehood Day, May 29, 2018 sponsored by the Heritage Harbor Foundation with the Pawtuxet Rangers as part of Gaspee Days.
• Inaugural Address, Rhode Island Statehood Day, May 29, 2018 sponsored by the Heritage Harbor Foundation with the Pawtuxet Rangers as part of Gaspee Days.
• Welcoming Address, National Conference of the Speakers of the House of the American States, Newport (September (2019), that was subsequently published in booklet form as Rhode Island’s Contributions to the Founding of the United States
• Annual St. Patrick’s Day Address on Irish-American History for the Murphy-Healy Irish Studies Program at Providence College (May 16, 2023), that was subsequently published in booklet form as From Log Cabin to State House: The Irish in Rhode Island, 1640–1940
• Delivered hundreds of public lectures on various aspects of American History, government, and law to Rhode Island civic, cultural, political, and educational organizations.
• INDUCTED INTO THE RHODE ISLAND HERITAGE
  HALL OF FAME (MAY 7, 1995).
• APPOINTED FIRST-EVER HISTORIAN LAUREATE
  OF RHODE ISLAND (JULY 2012).
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