Artillery Park
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| Location | Jamestown, Rhode Island |
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| Built | 1656 |
| NRHP Reference # | 73000054 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 7, 1973 |
The Artillery Park (also known as the Churchyard Cemetery) is an historic cemetery at North Road and Narragansett Avenue in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is located at a high point on the southern part of Conanicut Island. It was originally laid out in 1656 as a burying ground and militia training ground, but appears to have only been used as a burying ground since the 1740s. When British forces occupied the island in 1776, there was a brief skirmish there, and the British afterward used the area as a military staging ground.[2] The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
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Old section of the cemetery
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Memorial to veterans of Jamestown, RI
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American Legion insignia on gate of cemetery
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