The Rhode Island State Archives were open to the public Friday. Rhode Island's three copies of the Declaration of ...

Some exhibits and events are already underway in Providence and Newport to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of ...

The Rhode Island State Archives will be open for special Independence Day hours. “The State Archives are the keepers of three ...

Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore and the Rhode Island State Archives today announced that the State Archives will be open for special Independence Day hours on July 4 so that the public can view ...

Sharing Rhode Island’s Untold History at the Newport Public Library We’re incredibly fortunate to have the Newport Public ...

British Gen. Cornwallis’s sword, believed to be the one surrendered to Americans at Yorktown in 1781, is on display at the U.S. Army museum.

As Rhode Island gets ready for America's 250th birthday, some wonder whether we're investing enough into the tourism opportunity.

There’s a new portrait on display in the Rhode Island State House that commemorates the Ocean State’s unique involvement in the American Revolution.

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WJAR) — The First Black Regiment, a group of Black and indigenous soldiers that fought for Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War, was honored in East Greenwich Today ...

The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was an integrated unit composed of Black, Indigenous and white soldiers who served together.

A 1781 drawing of soldiers at the siege of Yorktown, with a Black member of the Patriots' First Rhode Island Regiment at the far left Public domain via Wikimedia Commons ...