Quahog.org: The definitive Rhode Island road trip

Welcome to Quahog.org, the definitive Rhode Island road trip This site is a guide to the Ocean State’s history, culture, and quirks. Here you will find articles on much of what makes Rhode Island Rhode Island. Continued… Related: Quahog.org in the news • Staff • Submissions		Events Calendar RSS iCal Huh? July 23-25 Letterpress Camp for Kids, Narragansett July 25-27 Foster Old Home Days, Foster 55th Annual Newport Folk Festival, Newport Newport Antiques Show, Middletown July 26 Third Annual Clamboil—CANCELLED, Tiverton Historic Foodways and Hearth Cooking Workshop, Bristol Breakfast in the Barnyard, Bristol Yankee Crafts Day, Narragansett WaterFire, Providence Third Annual Clamboil, Tiverton More events July 25th in Rhode Island history 1710 Paper money is issued in Rhode Island for the first time. 1768 At the dedication of a Liberty Tree in front of Olney's Tavern in Providence, Silas Downer declares that Parliament has no authority over the colonies. 1917 The Rhode Island National Guard is mustered into national service.
Facts and folklore You Might Be a Littleneck If... by Doug Norris A collection of cultural signposts. Esek by Glenn Laxton One of many. Amazing PTs of World War II by Constance Beck Marauders from Melville. Tristam Burges by Wilfred H. Munro Rhode Island's "bald eagle" of oratory. More Facts & Folklore Cuisine Gray's Ice Cream, Bristol Mmmm... ginger cabinets! Newport Creamery, Coventry "Awful Big, Awful Good!" "Drink three, get one free!" DePetrillo's Pizza and Bakery, Chepachet, Glocester "Delicious Fresh-Baked Goodness" Solitro's Bakery, Knightsville, Cranston Old-world craftsmanship in every bite! Del's, Providence "Stop at the sign of the lemon," "It's refreshingly different!" Delekta Pharmacy, Warren Coffee cabinets made from their own secret coffee syrup recipe! More Cuisine	The Museum of Work and Culture, Woonsocket Venerer le travailleur! Attractions Narragansett Indian Monument, Narragansett As seen in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Grave of Stephen Hopkins, Providence Ten-time Governor of Rhode Island; signer of the Declaration of Independence. Rhode Island Red Commemorative Monument, Adamsville, Little Compton Eugenics is not a dirty word. Belcourt Castle, Newport by Charles von Hamm The history of a Newport mansion. Yacht Club Bottling Works, Centerdale, North Providence by Tracey Minkin Time in a bottle. More Attractions

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