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WashingtonRochambeauRevolutionary RouteMarch To Victory1781 - 1782←
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWV4_garden-of-new-england_Portsmouth-RI.html
The Use of the LandThe scenic landscape that can be seen from this vantage point has had a rich and vibrant history. The Narragansett Indians inhabited this area of Rhode Island for thousands of years before its discovery by European explorers. Th…
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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…
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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…
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These fortifications erected by the British 1777 were occupied by the Americans 1778, becoming the island base of the Continental Army under General Sullivan in the Battle of Rhode Island.They are now consecrated to the immortal memory of those br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJTT_portsmouth-compact_Portsmouth-RI.html
Erected to honor the memory and perpetuate the spirit and ideals ofthe founders of the first government in the world to allow and to insure toits citizens civil and religious liberty.Established on this Site in the Year 1638Portsmouth CompactWe wh…
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Bloody Run Brook, First Black Militia,R. Island Regt.August 29, 1778. In honor ofthe first Black slavesand freemen who fought inthe Battle of Rhode Islandas members of theFirst Rhode Island RegimentThe Black Regiment
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