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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWJG_fort-adams_Newport-RI.html
History you can TouchExplore the casemates where the big guns once roared.
Discover how 8 soldiers worked together to load and fire each cannon.
Step into the quarters where the soldiers and their families lived.
Ascend to the scenic over…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWJ8_fort-adams_Newport-RI.html
History you can TouchExplore the casemates where the big guns once roared.
Discover how 8 soldiers worked together to load and fire each cannon.
Step into the quarters where the soldiers and their families lived.
Ascend to the scenic over…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWIJ_fort-adams_Newport-RI.html
History you can TouchExplore the casemates where the big guns once roared.
Discover how 8 soldiers worked together to load and fire each cannon.
Step into the quarters where the soldiers and their families lived.
Ascend to the scenic over…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWIG_returning-old-glory-2001_Newport-RI.html
While Fort Adams was in active service from 1842 to 1950, the United States flag flew proudly over the ramparts. When the last U.S. Army unit departed our flag was hauled down, and there was no longer a flagpole within the Fort proper. During 2001…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWIE_newport-harbor_Newport-RI.html
Newport Harbor has been a center of commerce and industry since the days Narragansetts and Wampanoags, Native Americans, fished the waters of this bay. The first European explorer was Giovanni da Verranzzano, an Italian who sailed for the King of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWI7_defending-narragansett-bay_Newport-RI.html
During the 19th century, Newport was the only deep water harbor between New York and Boston which could serve as a base for a large fleet of warships. Fort Adams was located at a crucial point where it could prevent the entry of enemy warships int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWI5_between-the-wars_Newport-RI.html
"Fort Adams . . . often was dubbed the country club of the army, especially by those officers and enlisted men who were assigned to it after duty in foreign areas. And its peacetime background was dotted with stories of high society and Army bras…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWI2_changing-role-of-the-fort_Newport-RI.html
The late 19th century saw revolutionary changes in both weapons and strategies of defense. Steam powered ships with high velocity naval guns could now bring the walls down and rendered forts obsolete. To remedy the risk, Fort Adams expanded outsid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWHX_fort-barton_Tiverton-RI.html
Through the unrelenting efforts of Dr. James W. Holt, Jr. Fort Barton was preserved. It was given to the town of Tiverton by the Newport Historical Society in 1968. In 1777 the site was fortified by the colonial army to defend against British troo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWGV_building-a-fortress_Newport-RI.html
U.S. army officer, Joseph G. Totten superintended the construction of Fort Adams beginning in 1825. He oversaw all details of construction until 1838, when he was appointed as the first Chief Engineer of the newly created Army Corps of Engineers.[…