ROGER WILLIAMS NATIONAL MEMORIAL Providence, Rhode Island It’s easy to take freedom of religion in America for granted, but it hasn’t always been a fundamental right. Many of the first Colonies were governed under strict religious rules, and it wasn’t until Roger Williams left Massachusetts and founded the city of Providence that freedom of conscience became enshrined as a fundamental right. Ostracized because of his personal religious beliefs, Williams established Providence and Rhode Island as a place where anyone could live, regardless of who or how they worshiped. Today, the Roger Williams National Memorial is a 4.6-acre urban park on the site where Williams founded Providence.
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DE SOTO NATIONA L MEMORIA L Bradenton, Florida Christopher Columbus gets most of the credit for being the first European explorer to land in the New World, but conquistador Hernando de Soto was the first European to come onto what is now the continental United States when he and his crew arrived on the beaches of Tampa Bay in 1539. The De Soto National Memorial marks the spot where they landed and where bloody clashes between the conquistadors and the local indigenous people took place. Visitors to the site today can enjoy living-history camps that take place in the winter and early spring, as well as an annual re-enactment of the De Soto landing each April.
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