Today in Rhode Island History: 1893: The Rhode Island General Assembly enacts a free textbook law for public education.

Olde Timey Photography: “Banigan Building, Market Square.” From Souvenir Book of Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1900. guide.ppsri.org/property/ban...

Quahog Museum: Keychains and key rings: Quidnessett Country Club key fob, undated. quidnessett.com

Today in Rhode Island History: 1810: The Free African Colonization Society is organized in Newport.

Quahog Museum: Keychains and key rings: “S.K.H.S. Class of ’50’,” undated. hs.skschools.net

Today in Rhode Island History: 2015: The PC Friars defeat Hockey East rival Boston University 4-3 at the TD Garden in Boston, clinching their first ever NCAA hockey National Championship. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provide...

Step Inside the Cranston Street Armory May 4, 2026, 9-10:30am www.wbna.org/event/step-i...

Olde Timey Photography: “New York, New Haven & Hartford Passenger Station.” From 80 Photographic Views of Providence, circa 1900.

Quahog Museum: Commemorative & Souvenir Plates: “Diamond Jubilee — 75th Anniversary. 1891-1966. Norwood Baptist Church, Norwood-in-Warwick, Rhode Island.” www.norwoodbaptistchurchri.org

Today in Rhode Island History: 1969: Penn Central's high-speed UAC TurboTrain passenger train service between Providence and New York is inaugurated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAC_Tur... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAC_Tur...

@sweetviolet79.bsky.social: I'm not sure what post you were responding to. If about "Exploring Little Rhody," the answer is "research and paying attention." If about "Quahog Museum," then "estate sales." And yes, you can tell me something to look for on Thayer Street.

Today in Rhode Island History: 1886: An amendment to the Rhode Island Constitution, prohibiting the sale of liquor, is adopted. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constit...

Quahog Museum: Pins: ”6th Annual International Quahog Festival, 1989.”

Today in Rhode Island History: 2004: Workers return to the Masonic Temple in Providence for the first time in seventy-six years, and begin the job of renovating it into a hotel. The cost estimate for the hotel is $77 million. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaiss...

Quahog Museum: Ephemera: Providence Performing Arts Center tickets, June to October 2002. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provide...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1943: CBC Davisville is officially dedicated by the Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davisvi...

Quahog Museum: Ephemera: Placemat from Gregg’s Restaurants and Taverns, multiple locations, August 2024. www.greggsusa.com

Quahog Museum: Shopping basket from Ann & Hope, Cumberland/Warwick/Seekonk, undated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_%26...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1776: Esek Hopkins, Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy, orders prisoners of war to be jailed in Providence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esek_Ho...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1877: The Rhode Island Institute for the Deaf opens. www.rideaf.net

Quahog Museum: Hat Boxes and Other Retail Boxes: Folded boxes from Shepard’s Department Store, undated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard...

Today in Rhode Island History: 2004: The takeover of FleetBoston Financial Corporation by Bank of America Corporation takes effect at 12:01am. Although headquartered in Boston since 1995, Fleet had remained incorporated in Rhode Island... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FleetBo...

Quahog Museum: Supreme Ricotta Cheese containers, circa 2007. www.realseal.com/brands/supre... www.supremedairyfarms.com

Today in Rhode Island History: 1806: A duel takes place at Cold Spring in Providence, between William Austin and James Henderson Elliot. After three rounds of shooting, the fight ends with Austin wounded in the neck and thigh, and the men return to Boston. archive.org/stream/forgo...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1911: The last assets of Col. Segar S. Atwell's shore dinner place at Field's Point are auctioned off, bringing in about $1,100... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_...

Quahog Museum: Southeast Light, Block Island knick knack by Spoontiques, undated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_I... spoontiques.com

Today in Rhode Island History: 1676: Narragansett Indians, led by Chief Canonchet, attack and burn more than twenty-four homes and outbuildings in the northern part of Providence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ph...

Quahog Museum: Ephemera: Sticker: ”College of Distance Education, Naval War College,” Newport, undated. usnwc.edu/college-of-d...

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Today in Rhode Island History: 2016: A new $550,000 state branding campaign lands with a thud as the slogan, "Rhode Island: Cooler and Warmer," and logo, a stylized sail, are widely mocked on social media. architecturehereandthere.com/2016/03/29/n...

Quahog Museum: Ephemera: Bag from Fayerweather Craft Guild, Kingston, undated. www.fayerweathercraftguild.com

Today in Rhode Island History: 1813: Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry reaches Lake Erie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1849: The Rhode Island General Assembly passes a law forbidding state officials from aiding in enforcing the Federal Fugitive Slave Act and refusing the use of state jails for fugitive slaves. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitiv...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1892: What Cheer Hose Company No. 15, Providence, receives a new hose wagon.

Today in Rhode Island History: 1916: The Narragansett Times reports that, following the death of Thomas G. Hazard at 92 years, Narragansett's Boston Post Cane has passed into the hands of James H. Gardiner, 81, the next oldest inhabitant in the town. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bos...

Today in Rhode Island History: 2007: Following a $220 million expansion, Lincoln Park is renamed Twin River. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally%2...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1746: James Hazard, a mulatto, and Sarah Sam, a Native American woman, marry in South Kingstown.

Today in Rhode Island History: 1862: The Burnside expedition occupies New Washington, North Carolina. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnsid...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1828: Volunteer fireman Joshua Weaver is killed fighting a fire on South Main Street in Providence. rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedeta...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1896: The original Masonic temple on Dorrance Street in Providence is destroyed by fire at a loss of $260,000.

Today in Rhode Island History: 1976: Unable to find funding to satisfy a $1.4 million debt, parent company Bayside Recreation Corp auctions off Crescent Park Amusement Park. The only bidder, Owen B. Landman, gets the land for $300k and the equipment for $190k. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescen...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1917: Magician Harry Houdini thrills a crowd of 80,000 in Exchange Place as he escapes from a strait jacket while hanging upside down from his ankles outside an upper floor of the Brownell Building. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_H...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1789: The Providence Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers, a proto labor union, is chartered by the Rhode Island General Assembly. digitalcommons.uri.edu/theses/2080/

Today in Rhode Island History: 1961: East Providence receives the All-America City Award for good government and citizen action, (the third Rhode Island community to win the award since its creation in 1949). www.nationalcivicleague.org/america-city...

Rhode Island Cuisine... March 9, 2026. Jack’s New York System, Cranston. www.facebook.com/.../Jacks-Ne...

Today in Rhode Island History: 1858: The Right Reverend Francis P. McFarland is consecrated the third Bishop of Hartford, with residence at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence, Rhode Island. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis...