How did Rhode Island get its border? It's a story with hundreds of years of bickering
overlapping with parts of Plymouth Colony and Connecticut. This “caused disputes which continued for many years before ...
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First Rhode Island Regiment to be honored at East Greenwich museum
The First Rhode Island Regiment was formed in 1778, at a time when slavery was still legal in many colonies. To boost their troop numbers, Rhode Island allowed enslaved men to enlist, promising them ...
On This Day: Fairbanks, Pickford, Chaplin, Griffith form United Artists
On Feb. 5, 1919, screen legends Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists.
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Tiverton Public Library to present ‘Eight Rod Way: Tiverton’s Colonial Superhighway and the Black Workforce Living on It’
Local historian, naturalist, and conservationist Garry Plunkett will give a talk titled “Eight Rod Way: Tiverton’s Colonial Superhighway and the Black Workforce Living on It” at the Tiverton Public ...