The First Rhode Island

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1st_Rhode_Island_Infantry_Regiment
gptkbp:active_years 1775-1783
gptkbp:color Blue and white
gptkbp:commander gptkb:William_West
gptkb:John_T._Smith
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbandment_date 1783
End of the Revolutionary War
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkb:Battle_of_Rhode_Island
gptkbp:formation_date 1775
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Providence,_Rhode_Island
gptkbp:historical_event gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:historical_significance First all-black regiment in the northern states
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The First Rhode Island
gptkbp:involved_units gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:legacy Influence on civil rights and military integration
gptkbp:motto Liberty and Union
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Black_Regiment
gptkbp:notable_achievement gptkb:Rhode_Island_Historical_Society
gptkb:American_Legion
gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkb:African_American_Civil_War_Memorial
gptkb:Sons_of_the_American_Revolution
gptkb:memorial
gptkb:National_Park
gptkb:U._S._Army_Center_of_Military_History
African American History Museum
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Ticonderoga
gptkb:Battle_of_Yorktown
gptkb:Battle_of_Stony_Point
gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown
gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine
gptkb:Battle_of_Bunker_Hill
gptkb:Battle_of_Monmouth
Rhode Island state flag
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:James_Mitchell_Varnum
gptkb:Christopher_Greene
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:battle
1778
gptkbp:service_years One year
gptkbp:state gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkbp:successor gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:type African American regiment