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July 4
CANCELLED—Guided Walk on Neutaconkanut Hill, Providence
235th Bristol Civic, Military, and Fireman's Parade, Bristol
Fourth of July Parade Picnic, Bristol
9th Annual Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence, Tiverton
CANCELLED—Annual Independence Day Rhode Island Red Chick Hatch, Narragansett
July 8
Hermit Crab Races, Misquamicut, Westerly
July 9
Concert Under the Elms, Providence
Newport Gallery Night, Newport
July 10
Guided Sculpture and Gardens Tour, Bristol
June 11
Taste of the Bay, Providence
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July 4th in Rhode Island history*
1636
Providence, named by Roger Williams "in gratitude to his supreme deliverer," is founded. [It comprises the entire area that will later be known as Providence County].
1639
Newport is founded.
1642
Warwick is founded by Samuel Gorton through the Shawhomett (Shawomet) Purchase.
1776
The Declaration of Independence, by which the thirteen American colonies declared themselves independent sovereign states, is approved by the Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
1788
An ox is roasted on Federal Plain in celebration of the the Fourth of July and the adoption of the United States Constitution by a nine-state majority. By agreement the toast of the occasion is to "The Day."
1797
George R. Burrill, a Providence lawyer, urges the adoption of a Constitution for Rhode Island.
1826
Thomas Jefferson dies at the age of 83. Jefferson visited Rhode Island twice, once in June 1784 as Minister Plenipotentiary for Negotiating Treaties of Amity and Commerce, and once in August 1790 as United States Secretary of State.
1833
Rhode Island's first public anti-slavery meeting takes place in Providence.
1887
A statue of General Ambrose E. Burnside is dedicated in Providence.
1906
The first issue of the Providence Morning Tribune is published.
