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This site is a guide, with a strong emphasis on history, to travel within the Ocean State. The inspiration for this guide stems from the idea that people always seem to go elsewhere for their vacations and seldom bother to see what's in their own back yards. We call this tendency Statue of Liberty Syndrome. Continued…

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May 12

*Wonders of the Wurlitzer, Providence

May 12-13

*How to Trace Your Family's History, Peace Dale, South Kingstown

May 13

*Eighteenth Century Houses Bus Tour, Newport

May 15

*Main Street Stroll, East Greenwich

*Gallery Night, Providence

*Coyotes of Narragansett Bay, Middletown

May 17

*A Rhode Island True Crime Story, Providence

*Second Annual Rhode Island Wool and Fiber Festival, Bristol

*10th Annual Restoration Celebration, Portsmouth

*Rhode Island Scottish Highland Festival, Carolina, Richmond

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Incarceration Countdown


May 12th in Rhode Island history

1703

*The boundary between Rhode Island and Connecticut is agreed upon by commissioners of the two colonies [but not finally adjusted until September 27, 1728, after sixty-five years of quarreling and litigation].

1776

*John Paul Jones is made the captain of the sloop Providence.

1782

*French troops leave Newport and Providence after almost two years.

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