BEACON POLE HILL CHAPTER, MANVILLE, RHODE ISLAND.
Commemorates a celebrated site in the northwestern section of Cumberland, R.I., known as Beacon Hill, one of the highest points in the state, 531 feet above sea level.
During the Revolution, a 70-foot-tall beacon pole with a kettle of tar or other combustible materials suspended from it was at the hill's summit.
The kettle would be fired to warn towns and people of Boston and Newport of the British fleet's approach.
This was part of a series of signal beacons that played an important role during the war.
Never Heard of These Signal Beacons. --DaCoot
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