RI is no stranger to 'firsts,' from religious freedom to X Games

Sure, you know Rhode Island is the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. But did you know it had the first public roller rink?

Explore the Lincoln village whose quarries helped build early America

Walk through Lincoln's Lime Rock village, with relics of the limestone industry that once supplied mortar to the East Coast ...

Rhode Island declared independence before other colonies: Here's what happened May 4, 1776

While much of the country celebrates independence on the Fourth of July, Rhode Island marks its own historic moment two ...
The Providence Journal

Opinion/Conley: Our lively experiment was the birthplace of American federalism

British ambassador to the United States Lord James Bryce, in his late-19th century analysis of our political institutions, "The American Commonwealth," called Rhode Island the American state “which ...
The Boston Globe

A Black history tour in Rhode Island, women’s wellness in Hawaii, and a pillow to go

Take a self-guided tour that explores Providence’s Black history from the early days of the Rhode Island colony to today. The city’s Early Black History Walking Tour provides insight into the city’s ...
insider.si.edu

Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence plantations, in New England. Printed by order of the General Assembly. Ed. by John Russell Bartlett, Secretary of State

Binder's title: Rhode Island colonial records. siris_sil_260954 ...