Founders' Brook Park - Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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N 41° 37.787 W 071° 14.735
19T E 312946 N 4611108
Founders' Brook Park in Portsmouth, Rhode Island is near the original settlement. It has a memorial to Anne Hutchinson and has a copy of the Compact on a stone.
Waymark Code: WMNG84
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2015
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"Memorials at this brook honor the settlers who arrived at this site in Portsmouth and the compact the founders signed March 7, 1638 before they left Boston. They pledged to establish a “bodie politck” what would be under God’s law. Anne Hutchinson, John Clarke and William Coddington were among the early leaders. Off Boyd's Lane"
Wikipedia:
"The purpose of the Portsmouth Compact was to set up a new, independent colony that was Christian in character but non-sectarian in governance. It has been called "the first instrument for governing as a true democracy."
Name: Founders' Brook Park
Street Location: Boyd's Lane
Local Municipality: Portsmouth
State/Province, etc.: Rhode Island
Country: USA
Web Site: [Web Link]
Memorial/Commemoration: Memorials at this brook honor the settlers who arrived at this site in Portsmouth and the compact the founders signed March 7, 1638 before they left Boston.
Picnic Facilities: Sitting stones
Monuments/Statues: Memorial to Anne Hutchinson and a copy of the Compact on a stone.
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Founders' Brook
Special Events: Annual Anne Hutchinson Memorial Ceremony at Portsmouth's Founders' Brook Park
Traditional Geocaches:
Nearby only.
Date Established: Not listed
Recreational Facilities: Not listed
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed
Fountains: Not listed
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