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Tombstones in the Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Portsmouth, RI1 — Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries

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Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, RI

Rhode Island

11 Middle Road Portsmouth, RI 02871

Portsmouth, RI

The Portsmouth Friends Cemetery is located on the church grounds just behind the meetinghouse building.

Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries

The Friends Meeting House cemetery in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is part of the historic Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse, Parsonage, and Cemetery complex. This Quaker site dates to the colony's early years. The Quaker community in Portsmouth began to form shortly after the town’s founding in 1638, when religious dissidents from Massachusetts Bay settled there. The current meetinghouse was built around 1699–1700, serving as both a place of worship and a school for local Friends. The cemetery developed alongside the meetinghouse and became the burial ground for Portsmouth’s Quaker community over the centuries. This site has witnessed significant historical events, including British occupation during the American Revolutionary War.

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Tombstones in the Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Portsmouth, RI1

Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, RI

Portsmouth, RI 02871

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Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, RI

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Granite monument to 1st Rhode Island African American Regiment

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Portsmouth, RI 02871

1.2354695864834

1st Rhode Island Regiment

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A sunlit grassy field stretches toward a dense line of leafy trees, with long shadows cast across the ground.

Butts Hill Fort

Portsmouth, RI 02871

2.7664774877961

Butts Hill Fort

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A rectangular historical marker to British General Prescott mounted on a red wooden wall.

Prescott's Headquarters, Middletown, RI

Middletown, RI 02842

5.1343299054559

Prescott's Headquarters, Middletown, RI

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General Lafayette Marker, Tiverton, Rhode

Tiverton, RI 02878

5.4718070127805

General Lafayette Marker, Tiverton, Rhode Island (RI-8)

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Fort Barton in Tiverton, Rhode Island

02878

5.487650453884

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General Lafayette Marker, Bristol, Rhode

Bristol, RI 02809

9.3012057030078

General Lafayette Marker, Bristol, Rhode Island (RI-3)

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A tall cylindrical stone tower with small windows and an arched entrance stands in a grassy clearing surrounded by trees showing early autumn color.

Miantonomi Hill

Newport, RI 02840

9.8804576856113

Miantonomi Hill

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A white stone marker labeled “Green End Fort” stands in a grassy landscape with bare trees and a bright blue sky.

Green End Fort, Middletown, RI

Middletown, RI 02842

10.208529190964

Green End Fort, Middletown, RI

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A white stone marker labeled “Green End Fort” stands in a grassy landscape with bare trees and a bright blue sky.

Green End Fort, Middletown, RI

Middletown, RI 02842

10.208529190964

Green End Fort, Middletown, RI

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Museum

A white colonial‑style building with a central staircase and double doors is framed by bright pink flowering trees, with an American flag near the entrance and a clear blue sky overhead.

Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02841

11.106798398004

Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI

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A large boulder with a bronze plaque attached commemorating the burning of British ships.

Equality Park, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02840

11.614808714759

Equality Park, Newport, RI

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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

Newport, RI 02840

12.096973030631

White Horse Tavern, Newport, RI

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Mid-18th-century Georgian mansion museum with period furnishings.

Hunter House, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02840

12.236939103507

Hunter House, Newport, RI

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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

Newport, RI 02840

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Touro Synagogue, Newport, RI

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Artillery Company of Newport Museum

Newport, RI 02840

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Artillery Company of Newport Museum

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A light‑colored historic building with dark shutters and a central double‑door entrance sits on a corner lot, featuring three dormer windows on the roof and a short staircase leading up from the sidewalk.

Vernon House, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02840

12.376968827505

Vernon House, Newport, RI

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Redwood Library, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02840

12.438500169575

Redwood Library, Newport, RI

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A small rocky island with a cream-colored lighthouse and red roof surrounded by water.

Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton

Newport, RI 02840

12.757888686907

Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton

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A small rocky island with a cream-colored lighthouse and red roof surrounded by water.

Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton

Newport, RI 02840

12.757888686907

Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton

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A stone fort wall with an arched entrance rises behind a grassy area where an informational sign, an old cannon, and a picnic table sit under a bright blue sky.

Fort Adams, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02840

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Fort Adams, Newport, RI

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A tall flagpole flying the U.S. flag rises from an open grassy field, with a leafy green tree beside it and a line of trees along the horizon.

Conanicut Battery, Jamestown, RI

Jamestown, RI 02835

16.567529684378

Conanicut Battery, Jamestown, RI

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Gilbert Stuart Birthplace

Saunderstown, RI 02874

17.592743687129

Gilbert Stuart Birthplace

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A small white historic building with four columns and green shutters stands at a roadside; the sign above the door reads “Kentish Guards 1774.”

Kentish Guards Armory and Drill Field

East Greenwich, RI 02818

18.045246278768

Kentish Guards Armory and Drill Field

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A historic yellow civic building stands behind a flagpole flying the American flag.

Site of the First Colonial Navy

East Greenwich, RI 02818

18.050923105981

Site of the First Colonial Navy

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Museum

A small fortress like brick building sits on a street corner, with arched wooden doors, battlements, and a nearby cannon.

Varnum Armory Museum

East Greenwich, RI 02818

18.109610172324

Varnum Armory Museum

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Colonial Home of General James Mitchell Varnum

James Mitchell Varnum House, East Greenwich

East Greenwich, RI 02818

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James Mitchell Varnum House, East Greenwich, RI

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Bronze marker on boulder to commemorate spot of the burning of the Gaspee

Gaspee Monument

Warwick, RI 02888

22.191790085

Gaspee Monument

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Colonial era 2-story manor house with 9 windows trimmed in white, with 2 chimneys and a red cannon in the front yard.

The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead

Coventry, RI 02816

26.615511859892

The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead

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Red gambrel-roof farmhouse built in 1754 with center fireplace

Joy Homestead, Cranston, RI

Cranston, RI 02921

28.046770217374

Joy Homestead, Cranston, RI

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Museum

A large brick building with white trim and classical details stands behind a tall white fence, framed by autumn trees under a partly cloudy sky.

John Brown House Museum, Providence, RI

Providence, RI 02906

28.596028178262

John Brown House Museum, Providence, RI

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A reddish‑brown historic wooden house with tall narrow windows and an American flag at the entrance stands behind a matching rod iron fence.

Governor Stephen Hopkins House

Providence, RI 02903

28.91599315458

Governor Stephen Hopkins House

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A three‑story brick brownstone building with symmetrical windows and a central stone‑framed entrance stands behind a black streetlamp.

Old State House, Providence, RI

Providence, RI 02903

29.386157864156

Old State House, Providence, RI