Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns will make a stop in Providence on Thursday, October 16, as part of a national tour promoting ...

On July 8th, 1663, 27 years after Roger Williams arrived in the colony, King Charles II gave Rhode Island its first royal ...

Some exhibits and events are already underway in Providence and Newport to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of ...

But it's far from the only lighthouse in Rhode Island. While Michigan has the most lighthouses in the United States, with ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — 249 years ago Sunday, Rhode Island became the first of the thirteen colonies to formally declare its independence from Great Britain. On May 4, 1776, delegates gathered ...

The Gaspee was supposed to stop smuggling in Rhode Island waters. Instead, it became the first British ship Americans burned ...