Kelruss t1_iv0jjj3 wrote on November 4, 2022 at 11:47 AM

There’s the Rochambeau trail that marks the journey of Rochambeau’s army down the East Coast to Yorktown. Starts in Newport, there’s a marker for a campsite he made on Providence’s East Side. Sure there are other points along it.
Frenchtown in East Greenwich derives its name from Hugenot refugees that came during the colonial period.
Aram Pothier (Governor) and Felix Toupin (Lieutenant Governor) were both prominent French Canadian diaspora politicians in early 20th Century RI (both from Woonsocket). They represented opposite sides of the spectrum. During a particular contentious and long debate on the RI Senate floor under Toupin’s leadership, Republicans stink bombed the chamber (Toupin was unaffected as his face was under a wet cloth as he was getting shaved during the incident, and the Journal blamed the incident on Democrats).