Historical Marker
Milling Machines
Historical marker location:
67 Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
( Marker is on Slater Street just east of Roosevelt Avenue, on the left when traveling west.)
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, Slater Mill Historic Site.
Rhode Island was the first colony to declare independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, two months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.