Tag: Roger Williams
What did Roger Williams look like? New Statehouse portrait makes an...
The portraits of governors past line the hallways of the Rhode Island Statehouse. Why not the state’s founder?
The Statehouse lacked a dedicated portrait of...
Five Questions With: Steven Feinberg
Steven Feinberg | Executive director, R.I. Film and Television Office
1. How has the writers strike affected film production in Rhode Island? The...
Where R.I.’s past comes alive
PROVIDENCE – A year after being expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636, Rhode Island founder Roger Williams was still communicating with the more...
R.I. history lesson in perseverance
Patrick T. Conley | R.I. historian laureate; Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame president; Heritage Harbor Foundation president; attorney and author
Roger Williams and the...
Rhode Island Foundation offers scholarships honoring Roger Williams
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation invites high school seniors to apply for the latest round of Carter Roger Williams Initiative college scholarships in...
A space for writers to work
Anne Holland was a business journalist working from home when she thought of creating a gathering place for writers of all sorts – journalists,...
Betsey Williams Cottage renovated, will reopen to public
PROVIDENCE – The 1773 cottage where Betsey Williams, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Roger Williams, was born and lived with her sister, Rhoda, has been restored...
Winners of Roger Williams commemorative college scholarships announced by RI Foundation
PROVIDENCE – Six high school seniors from Cranston, Providence, North Kingstown and Woonsocket will share $100,000 in college scholarships honoring Roger Williams, thanks to...