Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial · Providence, Rhode Island
Four and a half acres of lawn and trees in downtown Providence, on a common lot of the original settlement, marking the spring that decided Roger Williams to found the town here in 1636. Williams was banished from Massachusetts for arguing that civil authority had no business over conscience, and the colony he founded wrote that principle into law before anywhere else in the English-speaking world. The memorial is small and quiet and it is the reason Touro Synagogue is forty minutes away — Rhode Island was the place that let it exist.
282 North Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States
FREE, with no ticket. THE MEMORIAL GROUNDS ARE OPEN DAWN TO DUSK every day. ⚠ THE VISITOR CENTRE KEEPS SHORT AND SEASONALLY SHIFTING DAYS — broadly Thursday to Sunday, 10:00 to 16:00, from May to the end of November, and Wednesday to Saturday at the same hours for the rest of the year; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Check the NPS page before travelling, because the exhibit and film are the substance of the visit and the grounds alone take ten minutes. Free parking on site with a two-hour limit, which is unusual in downtown Providence and makes this a practical base for a walk into the city.
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