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February 26
African-American Travel: Listings from The Negro Motorist's Green Book in Newport, Newport
February 27
"Shall We Shanty?" A Night of Revelry and Song, Cranston
February 29
Newport Seal Tours/Newport Seal and Lighthouse Tours, Newport
Flicks and Fare on Washington Square, Newport
March 1
Newport Seal Tours/Newport Seal and Lighthouse Tours, Newport
March 7
Guided Walk on Neutaconkanut Hill, Providence
Flicks and Fare on Washington Square, Newport
March 7-8
Newport Seal Tours/Newport Seal and Lighthouse Tours, Newport
March 8
Federal Hill Culinary and History Tour, Providence
Hike Through Hunts Mills, East Providence
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February 26th in Rhode Island history*
1722
Kings Towne is divided and incorporated into the towns of North and South Kingstown. The act provides that North Kingstown, having the earliest settlements, should retain the 1674 establishment date.
1802
Commodore Esek Hopkins, the first Commander-in Chief of the American Navy (1775-'78), dies.
1887
A small fire discovered at the rear of 599 High Street in Providence is alleged to have been set by John P. Fuller, a call member of Steamer No. 8 of the Fire Department. It's thought by his fellow firemen that the many serious fires of the past twelve days turned the man's mind.
1926
Aquidneck National (Charter #1546) merges with National Exchange Bank of Newport (Charter #1565) to form the Aquidneck National Exchange and Savings Bank of Newport.
1971
The Rhode Island Senate, by a vote of 26 to 24, passes the first personal income tax in the state's history.
1972
BBishop Louis E. Gelineau is consecrated the sixth Bishop of Providence.
2001
A six-alarm blaze destroys the vacant, former Nafta Textile Mills complex on Old River Road in Lincoln. Explosions during the blaze are heard two miles away. Some of the buildings dated to the 1880s.