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September 17
Food Truck Fridays, Providence
September 17-19
Misquamicut FallFest, Misquamicut, Westerly
Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival, Newport
September 18
Historic Walk with Tim Cranston: Wickford Harbor, North Kingstown
Half-way to Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Providence
Tour the Historic Jewelry District, Providence
WaterFire, Providence
Culturally Enriching Walking Tour of the Providence River Area, Providence
Kite Flying Day, Jamestown
September 18-19
Trades and Craft Weekend, Bristol
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September 17th in Rhode Island history*
1641
Mr. Robert Jeffreys is authorized by the town of Newport to "exercise the function of Chirurgorie" [surgery].
1644
Roger Williams returns from England with a Parliamentary charter that recognizes the settlements of Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport as a single English Colony.
1702
Massachusetts Governor Joseph Dudley's attempt to bring the Rhode Island militia under Royal control is denounced by the Rhode Island General Assembly.
1851
Pascoag Bank is reorganized as the Granite Bank of Pascoag.
1963
By a vote of 180 to 12, the Town of New Shoreham (aka Block Island) is transferred from Newport County to Washington County, the first time in the modern history of the state that such an action was taken by a municipality. Block Island had been a part of Newport County for 235 years.
1996
The United States Congress votes to add 100 acres to the Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife Refuge in Narragansett.
