A fascinating new photography project takes viewers on a poignant journey through African American material culture, using objects found in the libraries, museums, and archives of the original ...

Rep. McNamara maintains the 1663 Royal Charter empowers the governor to create free trade zones, but R.I. Commerce officials ...

It's a chance for Rhode Island to shine as one of the original 13 colonies, but some worry the ... creating events that share Rhode Island’s history ahead of America’s Semiquincentennial ...

According to the New England Historical Society, Rhode Island's oldest high school can be traced back to 1800, when Rhode Island’s General Assembly ordered every town to open public schools. While ...

Rhode Island Democratic state Rep. Joe McNamara wants to combat President Donald Trump’s tariffs by creating a free trade zone in the Ocean State. In a letter addressed to Democratic ...

There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

YORKTOWN, Va. — Colonial National Historical Park will host a special living history event featuring reenactors from the 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment on Saturday, April 12, and Sunday, April ...

YORKTOWN — Colonial National Historical Park will host a special living history event featuring reenactors from the 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment April 12-13. Historical interpreters ...

[3] Britain influenced the colonies more than any other country and has a long history of punishment by ... Hanging was the usual sentence. Rhode Island was probably the only colony which ...

Rhode Island has a claim to at least five billionaires on the Forbes ... The confusing name has a long history Why she counts ...