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![[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.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Columbus-Voyages-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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, depending on whether communities’ focus […]
Today, Sept. 1, is Labor Day, granting many a three-day weekend, a reminder of living wages, fair hours and safe conditions that unions have won for workers, as President Donald […]
![[CREDIT: National Parks Service] Mount Rushmore honors four American presidents. President's Day, officially, honors one. Here's What's Open and What's Closed.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Mount-Rushmore-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — It’s President’s Day Monday, a federal holiday that many assume celebrates the birthdays of Presidents Lincoln and Washington, but officially celebrates just the first president of the […]
WARWICK, RI – It’s a New Year -2025 to be exact – so put a new Warwick City Calendar on your shopping list, remember to write a ’24 when you […]
![[CREDIT: Parks & Rec] The City of Warwick Christmas Tree Lighting was held Dec. 5. Today some may wonder, What's Open Christmas.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Warwick-Tree-Lighting-Picozzi-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Gifts are open and Christmas Day 2024 is here, and while you may be happily focused on the holiday, some mundane chores might still need attention – […]
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’ […]
WARWICK, RI — Today, Sept. 2, is Labor Day, granting many workers with a three-day weekend, a tradition begun in 1882, a reminder of living wages, reasonable hours and safe […]
![[CREDIT: Juneteenth RI] Today is the first state observance of Juneteenth.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Juneteenth.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE — In 2021, the Congress made Juneteenth a federal holiday celebrating the official end of slavery in the United States, observed today as a state holiday for the first […]
![[CREDIT: DEM] One of the state services operating New Years Day 2024 is George Washington State Campground, where the DEM will host its annual New Years Day hike.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/New-Years-Day-2024-George-Washington-State-Campground.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI – It’s a New Year, so put a new Warwick City Calendar on your shopping list, remember to write a ’24 on checks and forms, and review this […]
![[CREDIT: National Park Service/ Kelsey Graczyk] President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden light the National Christmas Tree Nov. 30, at The White House and President's Park.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/White-House-Christmas-Tree-Lighting.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Gifts are open and Christmas Day 2023 is here, and while you may be happily focused on the holiday, some mundane chores might still need attention – […]
WARWICK, RI — Monday, Sept. 4, marks the unofficial end of summer with Labor Day, granting most workers with a three-day weekend, a tradition begun in 1882, a reminder of […]
![[CREDIT: National Archives] American service members gather in front of the Red Cross club in Paris to celebrate the unconditional surrender of the Japanese, Aug. 15, 1945.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Victory-Day-Rhode-Island-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
RHODE ISLAND — Today, Rhode Island celebrates victory day, commemorating the surrender of the Japanese in 1945, ending World War II. Although Germany had surrendered in Europe, Japan showed no […]
![Theodor de Bry and Charles de la Roncière, La Floride Française: Scènes de la vie Indiennes, peintes en 1564 [facsimile of the 1564 original (Paris, 1928)].](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/columbus.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Today marks the annual commemoration of Columbus Day, a federal holiday honoring the explorer Christopher Columbus, who landed on an island in the Bahamas in 1492, long […]
![[CREDIT: Nationaltree.org] The 2020 National Christmas Tree Lighting Dec. 3 at President’s Park, co-presented by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-National-Christmas-Tree-Lighting-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Gifts are open and Christmas Day 2020 is here, bringing perennial queries about what to expect as recycling piles up – so what’s open and closed? The […]
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Thenationaltree.org] The 2019 lighting of the national Christmas tree at the White House on Dec. 5, 2019.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/White-House-Christmas-Tree-Lighting-2019-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Gifts are opened, stockings emptied, and another Christmas Day is here, bringing annual queries about what to expect from city, state and federal services as recycling piles […]
WARWICK, RI— Today is Veterans Day, the annual federal holiday set aside to honor the U.S. military service of all men and women, living and passed, in communities across the […]
WARWICK, RI — Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrating the legacy of the renowned Civil Rights leader and advocate of non-violent protest in the struggle for equality for all races. […]
Warwick, RI — Thanksgiving Day, the annual holiday tracing its roots back to the Pilgrims in the 1620s, is marked by feasting and celebration, and many local traditions: the annual football […]
