Roger Williams National Memorial

The visitor center also features a Native American Garden.
"I acknowledge that to molest any person, Jew or Gentile, for either professing doctrine, or practicing worship meerly religious or spiritual, is to persecute him, and such a person (whether his doctrine or practice be true or false) suffers persecution for conscience." -Roger Williams, 1644 Banished by the English and saved by the First Peoples, Roger Williams founded Providence here in 1636.
Map showing location of park.
4 story stone mill building with brick tower and cupola at far left. Covered with snow and a black turbine in the foreground
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View of the historic well through crabapple trees
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Shady lawn along a brick pathway
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Accessible tables in the picnic area
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Historic building with lamppost and sidewalk
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View of the park in early spring.
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Ranger helping a child with an activity
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