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Hundreds of protesters rallied Saturday in Providence and towns across Rhode Island as part of a nationwide “day of action” against the Trump administration. In Providence, they marched at noon from ...
In new book 'A Promised Land,' history professor Adam Jortner looks at the role of Jews - then just 0.1% of the population - ...
YORKTOWN — Colonial National Historical Park will host a special living history event featuring reenactors from the 1st Rhode ...
A reenactment of Paul Revere's ride in Newport on April 18, 2025. (WLNE)NEWPORT, R.I. (WLNE) — The Newport Historical Society ...
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across the United States, in the second wave of protests against President Donald ...
The Westfield Historical Society has received an FY 2025 Project Grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission to conduct research on a Revolutionary War trail. The research project, dubbed ...
Mention the topic of Black people in the Revolutionary era ... most from the Northern Colonies in units like the First Rhode Island Regiment. The patriots also employed enslaved and free Blacks ...
Lord North was ill-suited to being a wartime prime minister but it took parliament seven years to replace him by which time ...
The Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette ... Greene's birthplace in Warwick, Rhode Island. Kate Greene said, "Growing up, there was always a feeling of connectivity with the past ...
Well, the celebration begins in earnest Friday in Newport when the Newport Historical Society hosts Two Lights for Liberty in ...