legislative priority · 2024
Award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment
Gabe Amo reintroduced bipartisan legislation to honor the First Rhode Island Regiment, described as the nation’s first Black military unit, with the Congressional Gold Medal. The bill would award the medal to the Rhode Island State Library for display and research purposes. The measure was proposed legislation, not an enacted award.
Context: The release describes the proposal as reintroduced legislation; it does not establish whether it was later enacted.
In their own words
The First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act would commemorate the legacy of this Revolutionary War unit
The source
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Retrieved: 11/10/2026