Rhode Island
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10.3KDisaster in Rhode Island Waters: The USS Bennington
On the early morning of May 26, 1954, fighter jets started to catapult into the air from the USS Bennington (CVA 20),...
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11.6K1Rhode Island’s Plymouth Rock—Well, Almost
Rhode Island’s Plymouth Rock never quite achieved the fame of its counterpart in Massachusetts. But it wasn’t for want of trying. According...
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9.5KSamuel Cranston, Rhode Island’s 30-Term Governor
Rhode Island’s Governor Samuel Cranston won election as Rhode Island’s governor 30 times, once twice in one year. No other governor surpassed...
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11.5KWhat the Insider’s Guide to the Colleges in New England Said in 1972
In 1972, undergraduates at the Yale Daily News published The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, an entertaining but blatantly sexist description of...
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8.3KA Newport Quaker and The French Pirates – The John Hull Story
Captain John Hull made frequent trips between America and England as early as the 1680s. He ran a profitable line of ships...
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7.3KHow Narragansett Beer Survived Prohibition (But Still Couldn’t Escape the Government)
Narragansett beer survived Prohibition, but it couldn’t escape the government. Not because government agents tried to shut down the brewery during Prohibition,...
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