Newport in Newport County, Rhode Island — The American Northeast (New England)

Spanish American War Memorial

1898 - 1923

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 6, 2023

1. Spanish American War Memorial Marker

Inscription. Dedicated to the memory of the citizens of Newport who served in the War with Spain. A brief war, but one where results were many, startling and of world-wide meaning.

Erected 1923.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American.

Location. 41° 29.673′ N, 71° 18.555′ W. Memorial is in Newport, Rhode Island, in Newport County. It is at the intersection of Broadway and Calvert Street, on the left when traveling north on Broadway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2 Equality Park Pl, Newport RI 02840, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay

and in Newport and Aquidneck Island.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking

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distance of this marker: Equality Park (here, next to this marker); Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Equality Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Townsend Industrial School (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Vietnam Crisis (approx. ¼ mile away); World War II (approx. ¼ mile away); Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori (approx. ¼ mile away); The Korean Crisis (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newport.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 177 times since then and 11 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on May 12, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.