A Patriotic Family Road Trip in Rhode Island

2 real sites worth the drive — the state capitol, battlefields, monuments, and founding-era landmarks — each with why it actually matters, not just a pin on a map.

State Capitols

Rhode Island State House

Providence, RI

Providence's capitol has the fourth-largest self-supported marble dome in the world, topped by the "Independent Man" statue.

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Founding Era Sites

Touro Synagogue

Newport, RI

The oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States, in Newport — where George Washington wrote his famous 1790 letter promising religious liberty "to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance."

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