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Newport, Rhode Island

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Location

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    (1639- )
    Located on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island
    Population: 24,672 (2010)
    Home of Salve Regina University, Naval Station Newport, Touro Synagogue, Newport Cliff Walk and the International Tennis Hall of Fame
    Hosted the first golf and tennis U.S. Opens (1895)

Why Newport, Rhode Island might be annoying:

    It had a major part in slave trading in the Colonial era.
    The Battle of Rhode Island took place here (August 29, 1778).
    First 'Survivor' winner/tax dodger Richard Hatch was born here.
    It lost its status as Rhode Island's capital to Providence.
    It is where the country's first automobile arrest was made (1904).
    It was struck by a hurricane with a recorded high level of 11.5 feet (1938).
    It has been considered one of the state's dangerous cities due to a very high crime rate.
    A sex scandal took place in at Naval Station Newport (1919).

Why Newport, Rhode Island might not be annoying:

    It is where Rhode Island became a state to join the country.
    John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy got married here (September 12, 1953).
    John F. Kennedy and Dwight David Eisenhower settled their 'Summer White Houses' here in their presidential years.
    It is connected to Jamestown, Rhode Island across Narragansett Bay by New England's longest suspension bridge, the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge.
    It is a popular destination for sailing enthusiasts.
    It has a lot of Colonial era buildings all over the city, including the oldest tavern and the oldest synagogue in the U.S..
    It is the first city in the country to have a circus, a ferry service, an auto race, a polo match, among other firsts.
    It hosts a folk festival and a jazz festival every summer.

Credit: Neo NX2004


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