Celebrating National Rhode Island Day with iconic symbols of the Ocean State: Newport mansions, coffee milk, clam cakes & chowder, and the RI Red, alongside a tribute to Roger Williams. Happy National Rhode Island Day! Here's a fun bit of history: Rhode Island exists because someone left Massachusetts. Roger Williams was pushed out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his beliefs and founded Providence in 1636. Nearly 400 years later, Massachusetts people are still making the
