Rhode Island
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56.0K8Italian Thanksgiving, or How One Ethnic Group Resisted Americanization
The Italian Thanksgiving in New England was and still is a piece de resistance – a masterpiece of Italian and American cooking....
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11.1K5How the Quahog Became a Rhode Island Icon
If you know anything about Rhode Island, you know the quahog is sacred and peculiar to America’s smallest and wateriest state. But...
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8.3KChopmist Hill, Rhode Island’s Secret Listening Post in WWII
Just before Pearl Harbor, Chopmist Hill in Scituate, R.I., was the center of the world. That’s what the Federal Communications Commission discovered...
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4.1K1Gordon Bennett, the Madcap, Scandal-Mongering Publisher Who Built the Newport Casino
Today in Britain people utter ‘Gordon Bennett’ when someone says something unbelievable, disgusting, surprising or outrageous. They probably don’t know they’re referring...
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6.2K1Six Places an Iconic Food Was Born
New England has given birth to many an iconic food. The exact birthplace, however, of such beloved treats as the fluffernutter sandwish,...
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7.5K5Nine Men’s Misery: ‘Oldest Veterans Memorial’ Honors Tortured Plymouth Colonists.
On the wooded grounds of an old monastery in Cumberland, R.I., a pile of stones stands next to a cement pillar with...
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