GEORGE CUNNINGHAM EDWARDS FRESHMAN IN THE FIRST CLASS OF THIS UNIVERSITY. MEMBER OF ITS FACULTY CONTINUOUSLY FROM GRADUATION TILL DEATH IN 1930. PATRON OF SPORT AND FINE EXAMPLE...
THE LANDING PLACE OF ROGER WILLIAMS (west face) ROGER WILLIAMS LANDING (east Face Rededicated to Roger Williams The Founding Father of Providence 1989 Joseph F. Paolino, Jr., Mayor Nancy...
OLNEY STREET RIOT 1831 THE SITE OF THE SECOND MAJOR RIOT IN 19TH CENTURY PROVIDENCE BETWEEN AFRO-AMERICAN RESIDENTS AND WHITE WORKERS A PROJECT OF THE RHODE ISLAND BLACK HERITAGE SOCIETY (with emblem)
This Plaque Marks the birthplace of GEORGE M. COHEN 1878- 1942 "THE PERSONIFICATION OF PATRIOTISM" Dedicated by Mayor Vincent A. Cianci, Jr. on the 17th of Septmber, 1994.
In the mid-19th century, several regional highways intersected at Porter Square. The Davenport Tavern, established in the 1760s, was popular among cattle drovers and farmers travelling to Boston,...
National Historic Site Dorchester Heights These heights, commanding the harbor and town of Boston on the south, were seized and fortified by troops of the Continental Army and local militia...
Fort Independence Dating from 1634, called Castle William in honor of King William III of England, prior to the Revolutionary War. Used as a garrison for British troops until 1776. Rededicated...
At this place April 19, 1775 four citizens were killed by British soldiers retreating from Lexington Erected by the city 1880 Names of those killed Isaac Gardiner, William Marcy, John Hicks,...
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