Jamestown Forts: Rhode Island's First Line of Defense
For most of our country's history, Jamestown has played a major role in protecting out shorelines with military installations on Conanicut, Dutch, and Gould Is…
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Camp Bailey on Dutch Islandlocation_fillOn August 28, 1863, the 1st battalion of the 14th R.I. Heavy Artillery (Colored) under Colonel Nelson Viall pa…
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Ft. Greble on Dutch Islandlocation_fillDutch Island, in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay, is an uninhabited, irresistible place that for decades … -
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Ft. Getty's Prisoners of War (POWs)location_fillFew Rhode Islanders remember the German Prisoner of War (POW) camps in RI. Fewer people realize that as they d… -
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Fishing at Beavertail and Fort Burnsidelocation_fillThrough the centuries, Jamestown's approximately 26 miles of rocky coastline have been a lure for fishermen. F… -
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Summer Cottages and Torpedoeslocation_fillOff Conanicut Island's eastern shore lies Gould Island, the third of the major islands that comprise the town …
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