Woonsocket, Rhode Island Hotels

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Woonsocket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 43,224 at the 2000 census. Woonsocket lies directly south of the Massachusetts border.

In the 2000 census, 46.1% of the population identified itself as French or French-Canadian, making Woonsocket one of the most heavily French-Canadian cities in New England. Historically, the city has been called, « La ville la plus française aux États-Unis » (The most French city in America). The city is home to St John the Baptist Union. Before Italian population hit its peak, Providence County was majority French. As of 2000, that distinction lays across the border in Windham County, Connecticut.

Autumnfest is an annual festival that takes place on Columbus Day Weekend at World War II Veteran's Memorial State Park. The festival is run by the Woonsocket Rotary Club and features several sponsors, including CVS. Autumnfest began in 1977 with a primary goal of providing residents of Rhode Island and Massachusetts a chance to explore the culture of Woonsocket via consumer/arts and crafts stands, musical entertainment at the park's Band Stand, and local cuisine. The first Autumnfest featured heavy rain in addition to other technical issues. Nevertheless, the festival has grown into a popular Rhode Island attraction for 28 years.

An interactive Museum operated by the Rhode Island Historical Society that presents the compelling story of the French Canadians who left the farms of Quebec for the factories of the New England area.

You cross the threshold of a Quebecois farmhouse to encounter a habitant's life and family in the pre-industrial era. You then journey through Woonsocket's workaday world. Experience the shop floor of a textile mill, sit and hear people tell their stories on the front porch of a triple-decker, listen in a 1920's classroom and in the 1930's Independent Textile Union Hall.

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