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This list of cemeteries in Rhode Island includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries
Union (American Civil War) monuments and memorials in Rhode Island (2 P) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Rhode Island" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Col. Alfred N. Duffie, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, Bull Run, Virginia, July 1862. When the American Civil War broke out, Duffié enlisted in the Union Army. He first joined the 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment (also known as the Harris Light Cavalry), on August 9, 1861, [4] and was soon promoted to the rank of captain.
Tanya Donelly, musician; vocalist for Rhode Island–based bands Belly and Throwing Muses; guitarist for the band The Breeders; Charlie Fern, White House speechwriter, journalist; Van Johnson, actor, known best for "all-American" roles in MGM films during World War II; Lawson Little, 1940 U.S. Open golf champion; Lillian Richter, lithographer
West Kingston RI : Kingston Press c. 1978; Lost South Kingstown : with a history of ten of its early villages by Kathleen Bossy and Mary Keane. Kingston, R.I. : Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, c. 2004; History of Washington and Kent counties, Rhode Island by J.R. Cole. New York : W. W. Preston & Co., 1889
Remarkable Women of Rhode Island. American Heritage. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-62619-537-0. Van Broekhoven, Deborah B. van (2002). Devotion of These Women: Rhode Island in the Antislavery Network. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-55849-363-6.
Burrillville was also one of seven towns in Rhode Island where independent candidate Ross Perot finished in second place during the 1992 presidential election. Perot received 2,018 votes (31.47 percent) behind Bill Clinton 's 2,454 votes (38.27 percent) and ahead of George H. W. Bush 's 1,880 (29.32 percent).
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) has been involved in developing work plans to treat the contamination. [ 15 ] On September 1, 2018, the Tiverton Casino Hotel (now Bally's Tiverton) was opened to the public, after Twin River Worldwide Holdings closed the Newport Grand Casino and moved its gaming license to the new ...