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fortifications were built on the hill, fragments of which still survive. In 1921, the City of Newport received the property from the local Stokes family.
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The Narragansett Indians used the area around the park for hundreds of years and the park (and the hill it is on) is named after Sachem, or Chief,
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Miantonomi Memorial Park's 30 acres (120,000 m) became part of the Aquidneck Land Trust through an easement in 2005.
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The Park Commission built a stone tower in 1929 as a
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Miantonomi Memorial Park is located in Rhode Island
Miantonomi Memorial Park is located in the United States
Newport, Rhode Island
41°30′39″N 71°18′37″W / 41.5108°N 71.3102°W / 41.5108; -71.3102
McKim, Mead & White
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Newport, Rhode Island
Miantonomi
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American Revolutionary War

World War I
memorial
World War I memorial
view of Narragansett Bay from the hill
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Rhode Island pronunciation guide: 35 names that visitors and even some locals get wrong"
"NRHP nomination for Miantonomi Memorial Park"
"Miantonomi Memorial Park Tower named official 'WWI Centennial Memorial'"
"50 WWI Centennial Memorials set for restoration, rededication"
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