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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. — Visit Newport

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Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI

Rhode Island

Luce Avenue Newport, RI 02841

Newport, RI

U.S. Naval War College Museum

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Founded in 1884 by Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest institution dedicated to studying war, strategy, and statesmanship. Luce created it because the Navy lacked a place to study naval tactics, emerging technology, and the broader science of warfare systematically.

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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

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Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI

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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

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Miantonomi Hill

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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

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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

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Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamiton

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

Hunter House, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02840

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Hunter House, 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

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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

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White Horse Tavern, 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 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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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

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Vernon House, Newport, RI

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Redwood Library, Newport, RI

Newport, RI 02840

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Redwood Library, Newport, 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

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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

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Green End Fort, Middletown, RI

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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

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Conanicut Battery, Jamestown, RI

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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

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Prescott's Headquarters, Middletown, RI

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Gilbert Stuart Birthplace

Saunderstown, RI 02874

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Gilbert Stuart Birthplace

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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

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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

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Butts Hill Fort

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General Lafayette Marker, Tiverton, Rhode

Tiverton, RI 02878

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

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Fort Barton in Tiverton, Rhode Island

02878

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General Lafayette Marker, Bristol, Rhode

Bristol, RI 02809

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

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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

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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

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Site of the First Colonial Navy

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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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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

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Varnum Armory Museum

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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

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The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead

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

Gaspee Monument

Warwick, RI 02888

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Gaspee Monument