This tablet was erected
May 25, 1897
by the
Benevolent Baptist Society
Incorporated Aug. 29, 1785.
First Officers
Pres. Nathan Miller •
V.Pres. Ebenezer Cole •
Treas. Robert Carr •
Sec. Wm Turner Miller . . . — — Map (db m222986) HM
Rhode Island College, now Brown University, was founded on this site with the Rev. James Manning as its first President.
The First Commencement was held here in 1769, when the student enrollment was 29.
The College moved to its . . . — — Map (db m303759) HM
The Sowams Heritage Area includes Barrington, Bristol, East Providence, Providence, and Warren RI, and Rehoboth, Seekonk and Swansea, MA. Sowams means "Southern Area” and was the historic home of the Pokanokets (later described as Wampanoags) . . . — — Map (db m296118) HM
The town of Warren was first settled by people from the Pokanoket Tribe, later known as the Wampanoag. The Pokanoket controlled the land from Plymouth to the eastern shores of Narragansett Bay. In 1620, “Osamequin”, which translates as “Yellow . . . — — Map (db m301430) HM
This truly magnificent building has been a light in both the spiritual and navigational life of Warren.
The first Methodist sermon ever preached in Warren was by Rev. Daniel Smith in 1789. The Rev. Jesse Lee, noted pioneer of . . . — — Map (db m222983) HM
History of the Kickemuit River
Pre-Colonial Wampanoag (11,000 BCE - 1600) Approx. 12,000 years
Food: Clams, oysters, and quahogs were abundant in the river. Fish and shellfish provided the Wampanoag with valuable high quality . . . — — Map (db m303826) HM
In memory of Hugh Cole. Born London, England, 1627. Died Swansea, Mass, 1699. An honorable and useful citizen of Plymouth Colony. Many years a representative of Swansea, Mass.
A sergeant in King Philip's War, 1675. An esteemed friend of . . . — — Map (db m304527) HM
In October of 2000 the Massasoit Park Revitalization Committee rehabilitated and re-dedicated this park for the community of Warren as a recreational space for the Historic Waterfront District.
In the “Sacred Circle,” East, West, North and . . . — — Map (db m282078) HM
This tablet placed beside the gushing water known for many generations as Massasoit's Spring commemorates the great Indian Sachem Massasoit "friend of the White man" ruler of this region when the Pilgrims of the Mayflower landed at . . . — — Map (db m282074) HM
Rhode Island was the center of the American transatlantic slave trade, accounting for the majority of American slave voyages from 1700 until 1808.
More than 110,000 Africans were forcibly taken from their homeland on Rhode Island ships and . . . — — Map (db m150887) HM
In memory of those from Warren killed in action in Vietnam. PFC Lester M DeRiso • Capt Edward C. Krawczyk • Sgt Ronald J. Wilkinson • Cpl Richard C. Brule.
Service-Sacrifice-Honor — — Map (db m66343) WM
The Warren Artillery Company
~ incorporated May 17, 1842~ supported Governor King during the "Dorr Rebellion." In recognition, the state and town each gave the company $500 toward the total cost of $3,000 to build an "armory and public . . . — — Map (db m222980) HM
Dedicated in memory of
Army Sgt.
Ronald James Wilkinson
Sgt. Wilkinson, a native of Warren, was born February 29, 1948 and was killed in action February 23, 1969 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, during the "Second Tet Offensive" . . . — — Map (db m303904) WM
Revolutionary War •
War of 1812 •
Civil War •
Spanish American War •
World War I •
World War II •
Korean War •
Vietnam War •
Persian Gulf •
Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom •
Died While in Service of Our Country • . . . — — Map (db m222982) WM
Indigenous people known today as the Pokanoket Tribe had made their home in the Town of Warren for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first European settlers.
The town and the surrounding area was called Sowams, and the land . . . — — Map (db m301435) HM
Chartered in 1798, this was the first Masonic lodge chartered in Rhode Island and is now the second oldest continuously used Masonic Lodge in America and the oldest public building in Warren.
Of the 58 original members, 21 were sea . . . — — Map (db m251431) HM
Washington St. so called since 1835. In colonial days, known as Ferry Lane; later, as King St. On the corner opposite stood Burr’s Tavern, which in Revolutionary times played host to Washington; Jefferson, De Lafayette, De Castellux, Putnam and . . . — — Map (db m66344) HM
June, 1628: Born in Devonshire England
1633: Hugh and his family arrive in Plymouth as indentured servants
1634: Hugh was hired by neighbors to tend to their cows. Every day from April to November he milked the cows, brought them . . . — — Map (db m303832) HM
William Schaff is a veteran of the local arts scene known primarily for his album artwork for bands such as Okkervill River, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He is also the founder of Warren's "Fort Foreclosure," a . . . — — Map (db m222994) HM
