Oakland Beach, Rhode Island

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File:Greenwich Bay from Oakland Beach RI.jpg
Greenwich Bay from Oakland Beach
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Camp Wetmore, R.I. brigade militia, July 7th to 11th, 1885, Oakland Beach

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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