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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUM_first-baptist-church-in-america-375th-anniversary_Providence-RI.html
This memorial plaque is presented
by the
American Baptist Churches USA
to
First Baptist Church in America
Providence, Rhode Island
On the Occasion of its 375th Anniversary
1638 - 2013
Who from its founding by Roger Williams,
the Baptist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AU8_state-arsenal-20th-century-wars-memorial-a-war-memorial_Providence-RI.html
Battery A R.I.N.G.
Mexican Border
June 28 - October 10 1916
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1917 · YD · 1919
World War I
103rd Field Artillery
26th, Yankee Division, A.E.F.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AU3_roger-williams-founded-providence-here-in-1636_Providence-RI.html
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The Spring of clear cold water
located thirty feet west of this
point led Roger Williams to
found Providence here in the
year 1636 from which center
has developed in four directions
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AU1_site-of-roger-williams-house_Providence-RI.html
A few rods east of
this spot stood the
House
of
Roger Williams
Founder of Providence
1636
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATT_the-prophet-of-religious-freedom_Providence-RI.html
Forced worship stinks in God's nostrils.
Roger Williams, in a letter to Connecticut
Governor Thomas Prence (1670)
The steeple in front of you is the First Baptist Church in America, gathered by Roger Williams in 1638. Williams was deeply religi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATM_channeling-progress_Providence-RI.html
In 1830, the area around you was bustling with activity that dramatically changed the landscape of the Blackstone Valley. The Blackstone Canal, across Canal Street from where you stand, was an economic lifeline. The canal linked Providence's seapo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM285J_old-slater-mill_Pawtucket-RI.html
Samuel Slater (1768-1835) opened this water-powered cotton spinning factory in 1793. Slater had left England in 1789 with working knowledge of mechanical yarn-making, and in Pawtucket he discovered artisans with the skills necessary for starting t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM285H_waterpower_Pawtucket-RI.html
Controlling water power during the early years of the Industrial Revolution also meant gaining control of political, economic, and social power. Re-engineering water courses in this area often brought lawsuits and anger. In August 1792, four local…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM285F_slater-mill-historic-site_Pawtucket-RI.html
The American Industrial Revolution began at Slater Mill. Here, in 1793, Samuel Slater, with Providence investors and Pawtucket artisans, built the first water-powered, cotton spinning factory in the United States. Beginning with this wooden mill, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM285D_sylvanus-brown-house_Pawtucket-RI.html
Sylvanus Brown lived in this cottage from 1784 to 1824. Brown's proven pattern-making and carpentry skills earned him a place at Samuel Slater's side. Brown had also built water-powered mills and visited European mill sites. Between 1789 and 1791,…