Monument to First Rhode Island Regiment
The Monument to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment at Yorktown Heights, New York was erected on May 13, 1982, on the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church to commemorate the valiant efforts of a Revolutionary War unit composed predominantly of black soldiers that fought on May 14, 1781, under the command of Colonel Christopher Greene.
Monument to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment | |
| 41°17′39.24″N 73°48′31.86″W | |
| Location | 2880 Crompound Road, Yorktown Heights, New York |
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