§ 25-2-1 Rhode Island Independence Day.
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The fourth day of May in each and every year is established, in this state, as
a day for celebration of Rhode Island independence, being a just tribute to the
memory of the members of our general assembly, who, on the fourth day of May,
1776, in the State House at Providence, passed an act renouncing allegiance of
the colony to the British crown and by the provisions of that act declared
Rhode Island sovereign and independent, the first official act of its kind by
any of the thirteen (13) American colonies.
(P.L. 1908, ch. 1591, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 64, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 66,
§ 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 21, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 25-2-1.)