Rhode island founder Roger Williams is honored with a monument in, fittingly enough, Providence’s Roger Williams Park. The monument, dedicated in 1877, depicts a standing Williams holding a book inscribed with the words “soul” and “liberty”. At the monument’s base, Clio (the muse of history) is inscribing Williams’ name and 1636, the year of Providence’s […]
The 1871 Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Providence’s Kennedy Plaza is notable for its size and details, as well as the tribute it paid to Rhode Island’s African American Civil War veterans. The monument, directly in front of City Hall, stands in the plaza between where Fulton and Washington streets meet Dorrance Street. The monument […]
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