Monument to First Rhode Island Regiment

Monument to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment
Monument to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment
Location2880 Crompound Road, Yorktown Heights, New York
Coordinates41°17′39.24″N 73°48′31.86″W / 41.2942333°N 73.8088500°W / 41.2942333; -73.8088500

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 efforts of an American Revolutionary War unit composed predominantly of black soldiers that fought on May 14, 1781, under the command of Colonel Christopher Greene.

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