Nine Men's Misery - Cumberland RI
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Nine Men's Misery is a site in current day Cumberland, Rhode Island where nine colonists were tortured by the Narragansett Indian tribe during King Philip's War. A stone memorial was constructed in 1676 which is believed to be the oldest veterans memorial in the United States.
Waymark Code: WMH80D
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2013
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Nine Mine's Misery on this spot where they were slain by the Indians were buried the nine soldiers capturred in Pierce's fight
March 26, 1676
Erected by the State of Rhode Island, 1928
The "Nine Men's Misery" site was disturbed in 1790 by medical students led by one Dr. Bowen looking for the body of one of the dead colonists, Benjamin Bucklin, who was said to be unusually large with a double row of teeth. They were stopped by outraged locals. The site was desecrated several more times until 1928 when the monks who then owned the cemetery built a cemented stone cairn above the site. The cairn and site can still be visited on the Monastery grounds.
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