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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1983
Page
16
Memorial touches Roger Williams founder of Rhode Island and religious freedom. A Providence statue honors him on Prospect Terrace while his true memorial lies in a long forgotten graveyard secret. Williams died spring 1683 and was buried in his own backyard with martial honors.
Rhode Island founder Roger Williams was exhumed in 1860 by Stephen Randall and others. Digging revealed no bones but a root from a nearby apple tree preserved by the Rhode Island Historical Society, an organic memorial to Williams that speaks across generations. The rediscovery ends with the famous line The Rest of the Story.
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