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May 30
Museum Director Historical artifact series, Coventry
May 30-31
POSTPONED—Newport Waterfront Oyster Festival, Newport
May 31
Rhode Island Postcard Club Meeting, North Providence
June 6
CANCELLED—Guided Walk on Neutaconkanut Hill, Providence
CANCELLED—Gaspee Days Fireworks Extravaganza, Pawtuxet, Warwick
40th Annual Festival of Historic Houses, Providence
Kite Flying Day, Jamestown
Visitors Day at Swiss Village, Newport
June 11
Newport Gallery Night, Newport
June 12-14
37th Annual Black Ships Festival, Bristol
More events
May 29th in Rhode Island history*
1790
Rhode Island becomes the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Rhode Island's reluctance was due in part to the debate over the addition of a bill of rights to guarantee individual liberties; but once such a bill was proposed by Congress, Rhode Island finally ratified the Constitution by a narrow margin (34 to 32). The fact that the new "more perfect union" would have treated Rhode Island as a foreign government if it had failed to ratify may also have had something to do with their change of heart.
1854
Dana P. Colburn and Arthur Sumner open the first Rhode Island State Normal School in the building then owned by the Second Universalist Society, on the corner of Broad and Eddy streets.
1890
Wakefield National Bank (Charter #1206) is reorganized as the Wakefield Trust Company.
1974
The Rhode Island General Assembly enacts a campaign finance bill, and Governor Philip Noel quickly signs it into law at a special session of the General Assembly, but confusion reigns over exactly what "measure" means.
1996
The $13 million Washington Bridge repair project begins, but the much-dreaded traffic snarl that some feared does not materialize.
