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Memorial to the Veterans of Jamestown

 
 
Memorial to the Veterans of Jamestown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 29, 2015
1. Memorial to the Veterans of Jamestown Marker
Inscription.
Memorial
to the veterans
of
Jamestown, Rhode Island
who served in the
Spanish - American War
World War One
World War Two
The Korean War
The Vietnamese War

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 29.784′ N, 71° 22.45′ W. Memorial is in Jamestown, Rhode Island, in Newport County. It is on Narragansett Avenue east of North Road, on the left when traveling east. This marker is located in the downtown area, in a local cemetery, very near the building that houses the Jamestown Historical Society Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 92 Narragansett Avenue, Jamestown RI 02835, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Narragansett Bay. 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.

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8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jamestown and Newport Ferry Service: 1675-1969 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Roger Williams and Canonicus (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Leaching Stone (approx. 1.3 miles away); History of the Jamestown Windmill (approx. 1.3 miles away); Operation of the Jamestown Windmill (approx. 1.3 miles away); Jamestown Windmill (approx. 1.3 miles away); Fort Getty (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jamestown.
 
Memorial to the Veterans of Jamestown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 29, 2015
2. Memorial to the Veterans of Jamestown Marker
Memorial to the Veterans of Jamestown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 29, 2015
3. Memorial to the Veterans of Jamestown Marker
View of the memorial in a clearing, adjacent to the building that houses the Jamestown Historical Society Museum.
Memorial to the Veterans of Jamestown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 29, 2015
4. Memorial to the Veterans of Jamestown Marker
View of the memorial looking east along the Narragansett Avenue sidewalk, with a view of nearby tombstones in the distant background.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2015, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 599 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 16, 2015, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Oct. 2, 2026