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September 24
Rhode Island's Industrial Revolution, West Warwick
September 25
Validating the Afterlife, Lincoln
September 26
New England Lobster Boil and Sunset Sail on Schooner Aurora, Newport
Wednesday Walk-Arounds: A Guided Tour of Blithewold, Bristol
September 27
Bristol Tales of the Slave Trade Walking Tour, Bristol
Downtown Shutdown Live!, Westerly
You Will Find It Handy: Rhode Island Listings in the Green Book, Providence
Heritage Fest: A Genealogical Fair, Warwick
September 28
Food Truck Fridays, Providence
September 28-29
Downcity Providence Food Tour, Providence
More events
September 24th in Rhode Island history*
1824
Former French general the Marquis de Lafayette visits Providence while on his tour of all twenty-four United States.
1880
Bristol celebrates the bi-centennial of its settlement.
1932
Arthur "Daddy" Black, a numbers kingpin, is shot to death in his office at 160 Cranston Street by a group of black assassins working under the direction of Italian mobsters.
1947
Salve Regina College, the state's first Catholic college for women, is officially opened and dedicated.
1948
A Journal-Bulletin investigation reveals widespread fraudulent voting in six of thirteen Providence wards during the September 20th Republican primary.
1981
The Newport City Council elects Paul Gaines mayor—the first black mayor in Rhode Island.
