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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? April 19 Food Truck Fridays, Providence April 19-21 Newport Seal and Lighthouse Tours, Newport April 20 A Colonist's Wardrobe, Newport Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch, Newport April 21 Federal Hill Culinary and History Tour, Providence April 23 While Benefit Street was Young, Providence April 24 Johnston Historical Society General Meeting, Johnston King Philip's War, Newport April 26 Food Truck Fridays, Providence April 27 Meet the Author: James M. Ricci, Newport More events April 19th in Rhode Island history* 1775 Americans clash with British troops in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, beginning the American Revolution. 1777 William Vernon is appointed the President of the Eastern Navy Board. 1880 Former governor (1854-'57) William W. Hoppin dies at the age of 73. 1976 Rhode Island sets a national record for the hottest April 19th, with a high of 98 degrees at 1pm. This is the hottest reading logged by meteorologists in the forty-eight continental states, as reported by the United States Weather Bureau.
Facts and folklore Coffee Milk Rhode Island's official state drink. Really, it's true! Rhode Island's Charms Appealed to a Long-ago Visitor by Saul Ricklin The first known written description of Rhode Island and its inhabitants. Rhode Island's Invisible Landmarks by Michael Bell A rumination on things that Used to Be There. ...For Fear We Should Be Caught Asleep by Anita Rafael Excerpts from the diary of Mary Gould Almy, August 1778. More Facts & Folklore Cuisine Newport Creamery, Greenville, Smithfield "Awful Big, Awful Good!" "Drink three, get one free!" Castle Luncheonette, Woonsocket Dynamites, Dynadogs, Dynaburgers! New England Frozen Lemonade and Refreshments, Warwick "All natural!" Del's, Coventry "Stop at the sign of the lemon," "It's refreshingly different!" Morning Star Bakery, East Providence And a star shall guide you... to pizza strips! Champlin's Seafood Deck, Galilee, Narragansett Well worth the wait! More Cuisine	Gelina's Ice Cream Factory, Coventry Thick thick thick! Attractions Grave of Nicholas Colasanto, Cranston On permanent hiatus. Swan Point Cemetery, Providence The aesthetics of death. The Cranston Street Armory, Providence Michael Schemaille A peek inside. The Shunned House, Providence by Rory Raven What evil lurks beneath the streets of Providence? Grave of General Ambrose Everett Burnside, Providence The 1970s owe him so much. More Attractions

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