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Amore gives away batch of Rhode Island flags to help celebrate state's Independence Day
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 ...
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RI's historic battle flags were sent to Massachusetts for storage. Will they ever come home?
In 2017, battle flags taken into combat by Rhode Island soldiers from the American Revolution up through World War I were removed from their cases at the entrance to the State House to halt their ...
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Portrait depicting 1st Rhode Island Regiment on display at State House
Rhode Island was the first state to authorize an integrated military ... Islanders of color who wore the uniform and saluted the flag of the fledgling United States in spite of the fact that ...
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Portrait commemorating the First Rhode Island Regiment on display until June at State House
The Museum of the American Revolution recently loaned “Brave Men as Ever Fought,” a portrait commemorating the First Rhode Island Regiment to the RI Department of State. The portrait will ...