In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for
their country in the recent wars of the United States
Thru these portals pass the hottest pilots in the world
— — Map (db m114952) WM
Settled in the late 1600's by brothers John & Ralph Cross who came to this colony from Scotland, the village acquired its name by 1709, when John's son Joseph purchased the existing gristmill from Joseph Davill (just 200' east of this spot). For . . . — — Map (db m311483) HM
This is Charlestown's only public burying ground It is believed to have been in use since the late 1600's, before Charlestown was incorporated in 1738. Many of the gravesites are not visible, as time has deteriorated or hidden the earliest . . . — — Map (db m312768) HM
South of this spot is located Fort Ninigret marked by the State of Rhode Island as a memorial of the Narragansett and Niantic Indians. The unwavering friends and allies of our fathers. — — Map (db m31988) HM
Text on the Front (North) Side of the Monument:
Erected by the
State of Rhode Island
In Memory of
General Joseph Stanton Jr.
First U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
Under the Constitution from . . . — — Map (db m88151)
U.S. Navy
NAAF
Charlestown, R.I.
On Friday, March 2, 1945 at 2215 hours, Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat Buno
71418 crashed shortly after takeoff from runway 22, where it exploded and burned on the ice-covered waters 500 Ft off . . . — — Map (db m114948) HM
This American Liberty Elm was named after "The Liberty Tree: Our Country's first Symbol of Freedom." On the morning of August 14, 1765, the people of Boston awakened to discover two effigies suspended from an elm tree in protest of the hated . . . — — Map (db m114946) HM
From the 1600s to the mid-1900s, Ninigret's
lands were used for farming and sheep grazing.
During World War II, the U.S. Navy converted
these farm fields to the Charlestown Naval
Auxiliary Landing Field, known to young pilots
as . . . — — Map (db m306174) HM
After the glacier receded, indigenous peoples lived here during the warmer months, moving inland in the winter to villages surrounded by forest. They lived in this diverse ecosystem hunting deer, bear, moose, fowl, seals, and whales; fishing and . . . — — Map (db m306170) HM
