[CREDIT: U.S. Department of the Interior] A poster showing the voyages of Christopher Columbus from 1492-1504. Many states have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day. Columbus Day in RI is celebrated.

Columbus Day in RI 2024: What’s Open?

By: Rob Borkowski on October 14, 2024 in News to You, Good Times

Today marks Columbus Day in RI, a federal holiday honoring Italian icon and explorer Christopher Columbus, credited with discovering the Americas, slavery and other atrocities, a litmus test of communities’ […]

President Franklin D. Roosevelt carves the White House turkey on Nov. 20, 1933. FDR later signed the law setting Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday in November.

Thanksgiving 2020: What’s Open, What’s Closed, What’s Virtual

By: Rob Borkowski on November 27, 2020 in COVID-19, News to You

Warwick, RI — Thanksgiving 2020, the annual holiday of thanks and family however you define it, inspired by tales of the Pilgrims in the 1620s, is marked by feasting and […]