The statue is 11 feet tall and is 278 feet off the ground. When the State House was being built in 1895, the Rhode Island Historical Society requested that a statue of Roger Williams sit atop the ...

The Independent Man on top of the Rhode Island State House is expected to be brought ... Gaps in the marble platform where the bronze statue sits were discovered last month and since then ...

The statue has been taken down in the past for repairs, though the last time was close to 50 years ago. The Independent Man statue is raised to the top of the Rhode Island State House.

PROVIDENCE — The Independent Man was brought inside the Rhode Island State House for only the second time since the statue was placed high atop the capitol dome in December 1899. Not because he ...

Dan McKee announced that the statue will be returning to the top of the Rhode Island State House. McKee said the statue will be removed from public viewing on Dec. 9 and that officials are ...

The iconic Independent Man statue was lifted back to its place atop the Rhode Island State House dome, 125 years since he was first put up. Georgia appeals court removes Fani Willis from Trump ...

PROVIDENCE — For the first time since 1975 and only the second time in history, the Independent Man statue will come down from atop the Rhode Island State House, state officials announced Friday.

The reworked bill has "refined" the hotly disputed definitions of which firearms would be classified as assault weapons.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Independent Man was returned to the top of the Rhode Island State House on Wednesday. The 15-foot statue was removed just about a year ago for refurbishment.