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Red gambrel-roof farmhouse built in 1754 with center fireplace — Visit Rhode Island

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Joy Homestead, Cranston, RI

Rhode Island

156 Scituate Avenue Cranston, RI 02921

Cranston, RI

Joy Farmhouse

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The Joy Homestead sits directly on the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R). On June 18, 1781, General Rochambeau and roughly 5,000 French troops marched past the Joy family’s home on their way to join George Washington for the Yorktown campaign. Contemporary French maps mark this exact stretch of road as part of the army’s first day’s march from Providence.

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Red gambrel-roof farmhouse built in 1754 with center fireplace

Joy Homestead, Cranston, RI

Cranston, RI 02921

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Joy Homestead, Cranston, RI

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

Gaspee Monument

Warwick, RI 02888

7.8332030824907

Gaspee Monument

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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

8.1279985816056

Governor Stephen Hopkins House

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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

8.185502688755

John Brown House Museum, Providence, RI

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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

8.2917177199703

Old State House, Providence, RI

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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

10.672008554008

The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead

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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

12.952481239817

Varnum Armory Museum

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Colonial Home of General James Mitchell Varnum

James Mitchell Varnum House, East Greenwich

East Greenwich, RI 02818

13.118611781832

James Mitchell Varnum House, East Greenwich, RI

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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

13.154763043432

Site of the First Colonial Navy

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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

13.250692700294

Kentish Guards Armory and Drill Field

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Marker

General Lafayette Marker, Bristol, Rhode

Bristol, RI 02809

20.502586777779

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

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Fort/Outpost

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

26.369473517229

Butts Hill Fort

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Granite monument to 1st Rhode Island African American Regiment

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Portsmouth, RI 02871

26.969778294012

1st Rhode Island Regiment

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Tombstones in the Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Portsmouth, RI1

Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, RI

Portsmouth, RI 02871

28.046770217374

Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, RI

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General Lafayette Marker, Tiverton, Rhode

Tiverton, RI 02878

28.375477800952

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

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Fort/Outpost

Fort Barton in Tiverton, Rhode Island

02878

28.411509653403

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Museum

Gilbert Stuart Birthplace

Saunderstown, RI 02874

28.822854971463

Gilbert Stuart Birthplace

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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

29.628396966968

Prescott's Headquarters, Middletown, RI