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June 25
The Revolution Goes to Sea: George Washington and America's First (sort of) Navy, Bristol
June 26
Johnston Historical Society General Meeting, Johnston
June 27
Concert Under the Elms, Providence
Bristol Tales of the Slave Trade Walking Tour, Bristol
Art Night: Gallery and Open Studio Tours, Warren
12 Metre Class: A Storied Past with an Exciting Future, Bristol
July 27
Quidnessett Cemetery Stroll, North Kingstown
June 27
Evening Tour with Tea, Cranston
Wakefield Riverfire, Wakefield, South Kingstown
June 28
Food Truck Fridays, Providence
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June 25th in Rhode Island history*
1731
Governor (1727-'32) Joseph Jenckes claims the right to veto acts of the Rhode Island General Assembly.
1754
Stephen Hopkins and Martin Howard, Jr. are appointed commissioners to the Stamp Act Congress at Albany, New York.
1842
The Charter general assembly, meeting at Newport, passes an act declaring a state of martial Law in Rhode Island.
1844
Found guilty of treason, Thomas Wilson Dorr is sentenced to life Imprisonment at hard labor in solitary confinement at the state prison in Providence.
1855
Wickford Savings Bank is incorporated.
1985
Governor DiPrete signs into law a bill ending the payment of benefits to strikers after six weeks off the job—ending a fifty-year chapter in Rhode Island history.
