Australian researchers have issued a final report about a decades-long search for a famous shipwreck believed to be in Rhode Island waters.

July 1: Cherokee attack the southern frontier. July 4: Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. It’s worth noting that two other branches of the military will turn 250 this year as well. The ...

One of the original 13 colonies, Rhode Island is home to many historic restaurants. These are some of the oldest restaurants ...

Keith Stokes was named Rhode Island’s new historian laureate in April. As part of his role, Stokes will deliver lectures at special events and ceremonies, and promote civics education in the state.

[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 ...

The story of these thirteen colonies is a good tonic and a good ... New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.

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 ...

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WLNE) — Black history is all ... 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 ...

As one of the original 13 colonies, Rhode Island is home to many historic buildings, from libraries to restaurants to schools - and that does not just apply to the state's many longstanding ...

Caribbean sugar and molasses, produced through enslaved labor, were shipped to Rhode Island ... of the very long history of slavery in the northern colonies and the northern states,” says ...

Nestled in New England, it's one of the original 13 colonies and home to ... There's much history and culture to enjoy in Rhode Island -- including theater and music festivals -- and Rhode ...

A true pioneer, he settled Boston five years before the Puritans — and Rhode Island a year before Roger ... fusion and cultural integration in world history. "I looked to have dwelt with my ...