“Now, I’m encouraging Rhode Islanders to demonstrate that pride by displaying a state flag in recognition of Rhode Island Independence Day.” ALSO READ: Avedisian pleads not guilty in ...

In 2017, battle flags taken into combat by Rhode Island soldiers from the American Revolution up through World War I were removed from their cases at the entrance to the State House to halt their ...

Rhode Island was the first state to authorize an integrated military ... Islanders of color who wore the uniform and saluted the flag of the fledgling United States in spite of the fact that ...