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February 10
Blackstone Valley Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour, Woonsocket
Narragansett Bay Shipping: A View From the Shore, Jamestown
February 11
2nd Annual I Heart Providence, Providence
February 12
Ghost Tour with Harle Tinney, Newport
Lantern Tour of Colonial Newport, Newport
A Lincoln Portrait: A One Man Performance, Providence
February 13
18th Annual Cajun and Zydeco Mardi Gras Ball, Cranston
Family History Hunt, Newport
Tour the Colony House, Newport
Tastes of the Working Waterfront History Walking Tour, Newport
More events
February 9th in Rhode Island history
1631
The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony issues a Thanksgiving proclamation in honor of the arrival of the Lyon, the ship that brought Roger and Mary Williams to America.
1778
The Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes a regiment made up of black slaves and ratifies the Articles of Confederation between the thirteen states.
1928
Lieutenant Governor Norman S. Case takes the oath as governor, succeeding Governor Aram J. Pothier, who died six days earlier.
1938
In response to allegations of illegal political contributions, sheriffs batter down the doors at the Narragansett Racing Association office and seize records on order of the Superior Court. Walter E. O'Hara resigns as president of association.
1966
The first steel pile is driven for the Newport Bridge.
1979
Actress Mena Adrienne Suvari (American Pie, American Beauty, Loser) is born in Newport.
