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September 19
Victorian Game Night, Providence
"I am an honest woman": Female Revolutionary Resistance along the New England Seacoast, Newport
Providence Gallery Night, Providence
The American Red Cross and the Women Who Served, Bristol
September 19-20
Newport Mansions Food and Wine Festival, Newport
September 20
Food Truck Fridays, Providence
September 21
Roller Derby Double Header, Providence
Bark Ranger Walk, Lincoln
Bristol Tales of the Slave Trade Walking Tour, Bristol
Great Road Day, Saylesville, Lincoln
More events
September 18th in Rhode Island history*
1710
In support of the British, a fleet of Rhode Island vessels embarks on an expedition against French-held Port Royal, Nova Scotia.
1865
National Eagle Bank (formerly the Eagle Bank of Bristol) is organized and granted federal charter #1562.
1894
A fire in the carbonizing department of the River Spinning Company's mill in Woonsocket results in loss of machinery and damage by water to a stock of wool amounting to $3,000. It could have been worse, as the fire is prevented from spreading through almost $30,000 of additional wool on hand.
1915
Eddie Rickenbacher [later America's top World War I flying ace], breaks the world record for a 100-mile car race at the old Narragansett Park in Cranston. He circles the one-mile track 100 times in one hour and 29 minutes.
1928
Citizens National Bank of Woonsocket (Charter #970) fails due to financial shortfalls.
1992
Following a late dinner at The Arch restaurant on Federal Hill, mob enforcer Kevin Hanrahan is ambushed by two men at the corner of Atwells Avenue and Pequot Street, and fatally shot in the face.
2011
Cranston's Olivia Culpo wins the title of Miss Rhode Island USA.
