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Miantonomi Memorial Park is a public park between Hillside Avenue and Girard Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. 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, Miantonomi. This hill was Miantonomi's seat of power until it was purchased by English colonists in 1637. The settlers used the hill as a lookout and in 1667 built a beacon on the hill. During the American Revolutionary War 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. The Park Commission built a stone tower in 1929 as a World War I memorial.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NRHP nomination for Miantonomi Memorial Park )〕 Miantonomi Memorial Park's became part of the Aquidneck Land Trust through an easement in 2005.() Image:Miantonomi Memorial Park World War I memorial in Newport RI.jpg|World War I memorial Image:Miantonomi Memorial Park in Newport RI view of Narragansett Bay.jpg|view of Narragansett Bay from the hill ==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miantonomi Memorial Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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