President: Dwight D
Eisenhower 
Date(s) and Start Point:
June 7, 2008 — Newport
Rhode Island
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President: Dwight D
Eisenhower |
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Date(s) and Start Point:
June 7, 2008 — Newport |
| Sponsoring Club: AVA-0269, Walk 'N Mass Volkssport Club |
| Website for Event Information: http://www.ava.org/gen3/data/event_details.asp?eventid=80677 |
| History Lesson: A National Tails Day walk at Fort Adams. On the grounds of this former US Army installation is a house called the Eisenhower House where President Eisenhower resided. |
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President: George Washington,
John F. Kennedy |
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Start Point:
Newport - 7km/10km Walk (YR0729) Apr 7 - Nov
29 |
| Sponsoring Club: AVA-0269, Walk 'N Mass Volkssport Club |
| History Lesson:
George WAshington
worshipped at the Trinity Church...which both walk routes
pass. The 7 km trail -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier were married in St. Mary's Church in Newport on September 12, 1953. Father James Fitton wrote in 1844 at the beginning of the church's baptismal register, "St. Mary's congregation started with Ft. Adams." It was, in fact , the discovery by an emissary of the Bishop of Boston of the numerous Catholics working at the fort which prompted the Bishop to assign Father Robert Woodley to Newport to found a congregation. On April 8, 1828, Father Woodley purchased land and a building on Barney St. , the remodled building to be used as a church. This was the first property held in the name of the Catholic Church in Rhode Island, the land still remaining the property of the diocese. Its purchase marked the origin of the parish now known as St. Mary's. The original building soon proved too small. Five years later, in 1833, a new church was constructed and dedicated to St. Joseph. In 1847, the need for a still larger church was recognized. The land on Spring St. was purchased and construction was begun on the present church. This church was dedicated to The Holy Name of Mary, Our Lady of the Isle. |
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President: George
Washington |
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Start Point:
Providence - 5km/10km Walk (YR1092) Apr 1 - Dec
1 |
| Sponsoring Club: AVA-0269, Walk 'N Mass Volkssport Club |
| History Lesson:
George Washington
was a guest in the house of Stephen Hopkins in 1776 following the evacuation of
Boston, and again in 1781, when he visited Rhode Island to confer with General
Rochambeau. The walk route passes the Stephen Hopkins house.
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Updated March 19, 2008