The Story of Rhode Island In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 Rhode Island landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Ocean State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Clam cakes... Quonset huts... diners... summer stock theater... the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>CCC... Roger Williams... frozen lemonade... roadside architecture...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the U.S. Open tennis Tournament... the U.S. Open golf tournament...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Triangle Trade... the Paw Sox... shore dinners... King Philip's War... This</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>book will have you telling stories like a native in no time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>that make Rhode Island uniquely Rhode Island. The building invent-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ed in Rhode Island that transformed the military? Solved. Where to</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>find hockey-style side-by-side dugouts on a baseball field? Mystery</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>solved. The oldest merry-go-round in America with horses suspended</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>from chains? Identified. The clubhouse where players in golf's first U.S.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Open changed their shoes? Revealed.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only Rhode Island can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Ocean State standing in plain sight on Rhode Island streets!</span></p><p></p>