Rhode Island Honors Revolutionary War Legacy of the First Rhode Island Regiment

88 enslaved men enlisted in the First Rhode Island Regiment within 4 months of Rhode Island's 1778 Slave Enlistment Act

The First Rhode Island Regiment repulsed 3 separate charges by a Hessian force estimated at roughly 1,500 men at the Battle of Rhode Island in August 1778

British and Hessian forces suffered roughly 260 casualties at the Battle of Rhode Island versus approximately 211 American casualties

The First Rhode Island Regiment served continuously for roughly 5 years — from 1778 through the disbanding of the Continental Army on November 3, 1783

S. 567 is at least the 4th Congress in a row this legislation has been introduced, going back to the 115th Congress in 2017