Secretary of State Gregg Amore is encouraging more Rhode Islanders to celebrate the state's Independence Day by giving away a batch of free flags. Amore’s office announced on Thursday that 100 ...

Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the U.S ... town," hosted the inaugural event in 1785. It now starts on Flag Day, June 14, and the three-week celebration offers a series of events ...

Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore, Chair of the RI250 Commission, was joined by Governor Dan McKee, Speaker of the House K.

referring to the Rhode Island Regiment. “We owe a debt of gratitude to those Rhode Islanders of color who wore the uniform and saluted the flag of the fledgling United States in spite of the ...

The Museum of the American Revolution recently loaned “Brave Men as Ever Fought,” a portrait commemorating the First Rhode ...

Rhode Island's independent streak – it was the only state to reject ratification of the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol in 1920 – dates back to its 17th century ...