The Lyrids can fire off a surprise, though, with counts of as many as 100 shooting stars an hour, according to NASA. Sightings of these heavier showers occurred in Virginia in 1803, Greece in 1922 ...

Walking Rhode Island columnist John Kostrzewa and cave expert Michael Girard trekked to a cave in West Greenwich known over the ... (1803-1834), according to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery ...