The Roger Williams National Memorial on North Main Street has already started celebrating the settling of Providence with assorted events (sorry we missed the cake). There is no one specific date for our anniversary, but Roger’s 14-week sojourn in Bristol with the Wampanoags would have ended at about this time of year. Coming up this Saturday at 6pm,
Roger Williams’ Providence, a 45-minute walk looks at the changing face of the city from the days of Roger Williams to the present.
More events towards the end of the month include a ‘Trading Post’ and on July 30th meet Colonial rebel Mary Dyer whose Quaker beliefs led to her expulsion from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and to her death by hanging on Boston Common. Historians credit her death as the catalyst for establishing religious freedom. (ProJo 6.1.11)
Recommended beach read: The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell. She loves Roger Williams, warts and all. We should all be pretty proud of this guy.
6pm, Saturday, July 16, Roger Williams National Memorial, 282 North Main Street, 401.521.7266