HISTORY MATTERS

A feature courtesy of The Grateful American Book Prize Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future. By John Grimaldi and David Bruce Smith One year after the start of the American Revolution, Rhode Island ramped up its status and became the first colony to declare its independence from England. According to History. com, Rhode Island’s seaside access allowed it to develop a …

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