The Grange in Potowomut, Rhode Island, has hosted guests such as the Marquis de Lafayette and Civil War general Ambrose Burnside. Now it's on sale.

Two Rhode Island patriots signed the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago. Here's who they are, and how to visit their ...

This year, as the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, The Providence Journal is taking a look at how everyday life ...

Introduction: "The Generall Having Life in Perticulars" -- Ch. 1. Customary Ways and Radical Ideas in the Original Town -- Ch. 2. The Colonial Governments in the Seventeenth Century -- Ch. 3.

“ THE meaning of Rhode Island ” implies a problem, the solution of which is attempted in every comprehensive work on American history, but which still remains a problem to those who are trying to ...

During the Colonial era, taverns were a place for weary travelers to sleep, and a spot for locals to share news and debate. Hundreds of years later, some of them are still serving up great food and ...

Brown Confronts Slavery, Second in a series. Though the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice was expected to submit its report to President Ruth Simmons this spring, it is unclear when ...

British ambassador to the United States Lord James Bryce, in his late-19th century analysis of our political institutions, "The American Commonwealth," called Rhode Island the American state “which ...

Rhode Island is a state in the New England region and is the smallest U.S. state by land area. It is among the most densely ...