1975-USA-07-20
Rhode Island Red Monument (1925; sculptor: Henry L. Norton), Adamsville, RI, 20 July 1975. The plaque reads: "TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE RHODE ISLAND RED BREED OF FOWL WHICH ORIGINATED NEAR THIS LOCATION. RED FOWLS WERE BRED EXTENSIVELY BY THE FARMERS OF THIS DISTRICT AND LATER NAMED 'RHODE-ISLAND-REDS' AND BROUGHT INTO NATIONAL PROMINENCE BY THE POULTRY FANCIERS. THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY THE RHODE ISLAND RED CLUB OF AMERICA WITH CONTRIBUTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND RED BREEDERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ON LAND DONATED BY DEBORAH T. MANCHESTER. 1925."
1975-USA-07-20
Rhode Island Red Monument (1925; sculptor: Henry L. Norton), Adamsville, RI, 20 July 1975. The plaque reads: "TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE RHODE ISLAND RED BREED OF FOWL WHICH ORIGINATED NEAR THIS LOCATION. RED FOWLS WERE BRED EXTENSIVELY BY THE FARMERS OF THIS DISTRICT AND LATER NAMED 'RHODE-ISLAND-REDS' AND BROUGHT INTO NATIONAL PROMINENCE BY THE POULTRY FANCIERS. THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY THE RHODE ISLAND RED CLUB OF AMERICA WITH CONTRIBUTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND RED BREEDERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ON LAND DONATED BY DEBORAH T. MANCHESTER. 1925."