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Local Legends in Rhode Island

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Crescent Park

East Providence, RI

Crescent Park in East Providence, Rhode Island, was once 'the Coney Island of New England'; today its treasure is the 1895 Looff Carousel, still spinning. Around the landmark and the vanished midway linger gentle tellings — organ notes at night and figures from the park's golden age.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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Nine Men's Misery

Cumberland, RI

Nine Men's Misery at Cumberland, Rhode Island, marks where nine colonial soldiers were killed after Pierce's Fight in 1676 — called the oldest veterans' memorial in the U.S. The cairn in the old monastery woods is a solemn place of real deaths; its quiet telling follows at a respectful distance behind the history.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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Napatree Point

Westerly, RI

Napatree Point curves off Watch Hill, Rhode Island — a bare sand spit where a summer colony of forty homes stood until the 1938 hurricane swept it away, taking lives. The protected point carries the coast's most sorrowful telling, remembered with respect.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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About local legends in Rhode Island

Rhode Island's local legends are compiled from local history, published folklore and visitor reports. Many are open to the public, and several offer tours or overnight stays.

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