Before the Civil War, Benjamin Roberts lost, and then won, his fight to integrate Boston’s schools. And then after he died, he...
During World War II, Rhode Island residents could hear the roar of PT boat engines from Narragansett Bay all day and see...
Jubilee Jim Fisk liked to live large – too large for his own good. He rose from humble beginnings in Vermont to...
Jehu Grant, inspired by talk of freedom, escaped slavery in Rhode Island to enlist as a Continental Army soldier in 1777. Time...
What better way to take in New England’s fall foliage than a historic train ride? There’s no danger of running off the...
Elleanor Eldridge was an African-American woman born free in Rhode Island because her father fought in the American Revolution. During a lifetime...