Oakland Beach, Rhode Island
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Oakland Beach is a neighborhood and beach located in the South Central area of Warwick, Rhode Island, on Greenwich Bay, a tributary of Narragansett Bay.[1] In the late 1800s until about 1895 Oakland Beach was the location of Camp Wetmore, the site of a six day annual training encampment of the Rhode Island Militia.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The New England Hurricane of 1938 destroyed much of Oakland Beach.[2] The area never quite recovered, and Hurricane Carol in 1954 added to the area's destruction.[3]
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