History Of Providence
The Rhode Island city of Providence has a nearly four hundred-year history integral to that of the USA, including the first bloodshed of the American Revolution, economic shifts from trading to manufacturing, the decline of which contemporaneous to the Great Depression devastated the city, and eventual economic recovery through investment of public funds.
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