Miantonomi Memorial Park
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Miantonomi Memorial Park is an historic park between Hillside Avenue and Girard Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island
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The Narragansett Indians used the area around the park for hundreds of years and the park (and the hill it is on) is named after Sachem, or Chief, Miantonomi. European settlers used the hill as a lookout and in 1667 built a beacon
atop the Hill and later fortifications during the American Revolution
. In 1921 the City of Newport received the property from the local Stokes family. The Park Commission built a stone tower in 1929 as a World War I
memorial
. Miantonomi Memorial Park's 30 acres (121,405.8 m²) became part of the Aquidneck Land Trust through an easment in 2005.http://www.ailt.org/news/5_16_05.html
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
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The Narragansett Indians used the area around the park for hundreds of years and the park (and the hill it is on) is named after Sachem, or Chief, Miantonomi. European settlers used the hill as a lookout and in 1667 built a beacon
Beacon
A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location.Beacons can also be combined with semaphoric or other indicators to provide important information, such as the status of an airport, by the colour and rotational pattern of its airport beacon, or of...
atop the Hill and later fortifications during the American Revolution
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
. In 1921 the City of Newport received the property from the local Stokes family. The Park Commission built a stone tower in 1929 as a World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
memorial
Memorial
A memorial is an object which serves as a focus for memory of something, usually a person or an event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or art objects such as sculptures, statues or fountains, and even entire parks....
. Miantonomi Memorial Park's 30 acres (121,405.8 m²) became part of the Aquidneck Land Trust through an easment in 2005.http://www.ailt.org/news/5_16_05.html