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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWQ7_washington-square_Newport-RI.html
Washington Square, originally called the Mall and later the Parade, is ringed by buildings constructed over two centuries. The Square reflects Newport's transformation from a rudimentary outpost to one of the five major trading posts in colonial N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWOZ_perry_Newport-RI.html
[ Back of Monument : ] "We have met the enemyand they are ours"
Sept. 10th, 1813.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWOX_great-friends-meeting-house_Newport-RI.html
In 1639, Helen and Nicholas Easton, John Clarke, William Coddington and others left Portsmouth, the settlement founded in 1638 by Anne Hutchinson and others on the northern end of Aquidneck Island. They came south and founded Newport. Newport's Eu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWO0_the-rocky-shore_Newport-RI.html
This rocky outcrop is sometimes eroded by waves powerful enough to tear a hole in them. Colonies of small marine animals living on the shore, however, can withstand these forces. Some withdraw into narrow crevices, others attach themselves permane…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWNP_bay-islands-park_Newport-RI.html
The Bay Islands Park, managed by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, consists of nine sites that extend from Patience Island in the upper bay to Beavertail and Brenton Point overlooking Rhode Island Sound. Each of the nine sit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWNI_erich-a-o-d-taylor_Newport-RI.html
Statesman ~ LegislatorTeacher ? ~ ? Patriot1st Chairman - Fort Adams FoundationMay 18, 1972
A dynamic force for the preservationof Fort Adams with a determinationas unyielding as this granite block.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWLT_portuguese-navigators-pioneers-in-maritime-exploration_Newport-RI.html
The monument before you honors the Portuguese navigators of the Golden Age of Maritime Exploration, which spanned from the early 1400's to the late 1500's. During this era, Portugal was the forerunner in maritime exploration - both coasts of the U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWLP_the-1st-rhode-island-regiment-and-the-battle-of-rhode-island_Portsmouth-RI.html
The 1st Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Line1775 - 1783The war for American Independence was a long and arduous struggle that demanded much of the American people. Rhode Island responded to those demands with patriotic fervor, enduring t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWL0_battle-of-rhode-island-1778_Portsmouth-RI.html
During the American Revolution the British strategy focused on controlling American ports and blockading the coast. Because of Newport's significance as a deep-water port and as a center of trade, British forces landed in Newport in December of 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWKO_going-great-guns_Newport-RI.html
Picture this space in action as gun crews drilled in live fire exercises - the booming noise of cannon, the thick smoke, the smell of burnt powder, and the shouting of commands.
This casemate, a chamber with openings for cannons, could house tw…