Patriots Park

 memorial, park, historic landmark, war memorial

Patriots Park is a memorial to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, known as the Black Regiment. The park is located at the junction northbound of Routes 114 and 24. A flagpole commemorates the site where the Black Regiment fought off a Hessian attack, saving the American line, on August 29, 1778, during the Battle of Rhode Island. portsmouth.patch.com/listings/patriots-park-3#c

Regarding The Black Regiment. The marker is located on part of the only Revolutionary War battlefield in the State of Rhode Island, a National Historic Landmark since 1974. Fought to an impasse and known as both the "Battle of Rhode Island" and the "Battle of Quaker Hill," it was an unsuccessful effort by the Continental Army (supported by the French Navy) to expel the British forces then occupying Aquidneck.

Among the eight Continental Regiments engaged in this battle was the 1st Rhode Island Regiment which was then composed mostly of Black soldiers, both freemen and ex-slaves who were granted their freedom in return for serving in the state's hastily mustered militia.
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