Explore by State
Historic Site | Marker

Equality Park

Marker denoting the destruction of the HMS Liberty by colonists in 1769.

  • Parking
  • Accessible Parking
  • Pet Friendly
Rhode Island
8 Equality Park West Newport, RI 02840
Share
Newport, RI

Liberty Park in Newport, Rhode Island honors the destruction of the British customs vessel HMS Liberty on July 19, 1769. Newport citizens seized the Liberty after disputes over the illegal confiscation of goods. This event was one of the earliest acts of defiance against the Crown in the American colonies, occurring even before the Boston Tea Party.

What's Nearby

Explore more of The Liberty Trail by visiting these nearby attractions.

Historic Site
|
Marker
A large boulder with a bronze plaque attached commemorating the burning of British ships.
Equality Park

Newport, RI 02840

Marker describing the destruction of the HMS Liberty

0
Equality Park
Historic Site
|
Historic House
A grassy yard filled with blooming yellow daffodils stretches across the foreground. Behind the flowers stands a large historic red building with white trim, multiple windows, and a small columned portico at the main entrance.
White Horse Tavern

Newport, RI 02840

Tavern that hosted British and Loyalist troops

0.52221783807115
White Horse Tavern
Historic Site
A beige building with brown trim and a columned portico stands behind a garden of bright flowers and neatly trimmed shrubs, bordered by a wrought‑iron fence and stone posts.
Touro Synagogue

Newport, RI 02840

Only purpose-built synagogue to survive the Rev War

0.65903931395419
Touro Synagogue
0.71246007023929
Artillery Company of Newport Museum
0.76348853075466
Vernon House, Newport, RI
0.91306085810014
Redwood Library, Newport, RI
1.0002481308737
Hunter House, Newport, RI
Historic Site
|
Fort/Outpost
Stone marker denoting the location of Green End Fort
Green End Fort

Middletown, RI 02842

French defensive position in Rhode Island

1.6484885104468
Green End Fort
Historic Site
World War 1 Memorial Tower at Motonomi Memorial Park
Miantonomi Hill

Newport, RI 02840

Tactical position during the Battle of Rhode Island

1.9066392698041
Miantonomi Hill
2.0831864109458
Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI
2.6738720260629
Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton
2.6738720260629
Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton
2.8558680064418
Fort Adams, Newport, RI
6.6829956058253
Prescott's Headquarters, Middletown, RI
6.9570010744124
Conanicut Battery, Jamestown, RI
11.611028945635
Gilbert Stuart Birthplace
11.614808714759
Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, RI
Battlefield
|
State/County Park
Print of the Battle of Rhode Island.
Rhode Island

Portsmouth, RI 02871

First Franco-American operation of the Revolution

11.735813087873
Rhode Island
12.633661843522
1st Rhode Island Regiment
14.310404517027
Butts Hill Fort
16.787702997547
General Lafayette Marker, Tiverton, Rhode Island (RI-8)
16.793697097515
Fort Barton
19.957082873069
General Lafayette Marker, Bristol, Rhode Island (RI-3)
21.944391996143
Kentish Guards Armory and Drill Field
22.010321643571
Site of the First Colonial Navy
22.074973818905
James Mitchell Varnum House, East Greenwich, RI
22.17073709269
Varnum Armory Museum
29.560879281935
The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead
30.635118203477
Gaspee Monument