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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2684_the-fighting-bee_North-Kingstown-RI.html
In 1942 Rhode Islander Frank J. lafrate was a 22 year old civilian file clerk at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station. In his spare time he drew cartoons. A Navy lieutenant with the newly established 'Construction Battalions' asked if he could prod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM266J_griffins-hollow_South-Kingstown-RI.html
On January 13th, 1886, Daniel Billington Griffin purchased a certain tract of land situated in Wakefield Village from Rowland & John N. Hazard for the sum of 2,000 dollars.
This particular parcel of land was located on the corner of Post Road (p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM261B_liberty-tree-memorial_Charlestown-RI.html
This American Liberty Elm was named after "The Liberty Tree: Our Country's first Symbol of Freedom." On the morning of August 14, 1765, the people of Boston awakened to discover two effigies suspended from an elm tree in protest of the hated Stamp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM261A_grumman-f6f-5n-hellcat-crash_Charlestown-RI.html
U.S. Navy
NAAF
Charlestown, R.I.
On Friday, March 2, 1945 at 2215 hours, Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat Buno
71418 crashed shortly after takeoff from runway 22, where it exploded and burned on the ice-covered waters 500 Ft off shore.
LTJG Ken…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2619_charlestown-naval-auxiliary-landing-field-memorial-a-war-memorial_Charlestown-RI.html
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for
their country in the recent wars of the United States
Thru these portals pass the hottest pilots in the world
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WZB_honor-roll-town-of-narragansett-world-war-a-war-memorial_Narragansett-RI.html
David Adair ·
Walter H. B. Allen Jr. ·
Charles W. Booth ·
William Boyd ·
Frank H. Brayman Jr ·
Joseph A. Bristow ·
Edwin L. Card ·
Louis E. Card ·
Clarence W. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NL5_general-joseph-stanton-monument_Charlestown-RI.html
Text on the Front (North) Side of the Monument:
Erected by the
State of Rhode Island
In Memory of
General Joseph Stanton Jr.
First U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
Under the Constitution from
1790 to 1793
U.S. Representative from
1801 to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HV3_roger-williams_North-Kingstown-RI.html
In 1637 near this spot, ROGER WILLIAMS set up a trading post where he dwelt for many years, trading and treating with the Narragansett Indians. His dealings so completely won and held the friendliness of the powerful Narragansett sachems that for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FST_the-s-s-black-point_Narragansett-RI.html
The S.S. Black Point was built in 1918 at Camden, New Jersey as a coal collier. She was owned by Sprague Steamship Co. of Boston, Mass. And was 369? long 55? at the beam and was carrying 7500 tons of coal. Captain Charles Prior was master with a c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSM_the-narragansett-pier_Narragansett-RI.html
1883-1886
The Towers is one of the most highly visible, widely known, and universally cherished landmarks in the state of Rhode Island. It recalls Narragansett Pier's heyday as one of the foremost seaside resorts of nineteenth-century America, the…