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Photo Credit: Courtesy of The Preservation Society of Newport County
     
   
THE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME MUSEUM / NEWPORT CASINO
  Newport Casino
Built in 1880 by the firm of McKim, Mead and White, the Museum's galleries chronicle the rich history of tennis through interactive exhibits, dynamic videos, and popular memorabilia from historic champions and the superstars of today. Dramatically set in the original club rooms of the Casino, visitors of all ages delight in Stanford White's architectural detail as well as the state-of-the-art gallery experience. In Enshrinee hall, plaques commemorate the great players, coaches, administrators and writers that have been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. (courtesy ITHF)
“Thanks Eric! The team is still talking about what a good time they had in Newport.”
Mike
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NEWPORT BAY CLUB & HOTEL http://www.newportbayclub.com/
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GREAT RESTAURANTS:
WHITE HORSE TAVERN http://www.whitehorsetavern.us/
THE RED PARROT http://www.redparrotrestaurant.com/
THE MOORING http://www.mooringrestaurant.com/
THE BLACK PEARL http://www.blackpearlnewport.com/
22 BOWEN’S WINE BAR http://www.22bowens.com/
ATLANTIC BEACH CLUB http://www.atlanticbeachclub.com/
THE DECK http://www.waiteswharf.com/site_flash/atthedeck.html
O’BRIEN’S PUB http://www.theobrienspub.com/
PLAY OUR HISTORICAL TRIVIA!
1. Q: WHAT Motor yacht was originally built for two New Jersey mobsters to elude the Coast Guard while speeding cases of "Hooch"?
2. Q: What year was NEWPORT founded and by how many people?
3. Q: The International Tennis Hall of Fame –on Bellevue Avenue is home of the legends of tennis that include… Name (3) famous players. (who are your favorites)
3. Q: The White Horse Tavern (1687) in Newport is one of the oldest tavern buildings in America. (TRUE OR FALSE)
4. Q: The first truly American breed of horse, the ____________Pacer, was developed in Rhode Island in the late 1600s. It's said that Paul Revere rode one during his midnight ride to Lexington and Cord, Massachusetts!
6. Q: If you lived in NEWPORT 300 years ago, what kind of work would you most likely be doing?
7. Q: Before the ______ ___ ___ __ Party (1773) and prior to "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" at Lexington (1775), Rhode Island patriots expressed their displeasure with British rule by burning the grounded British revenue schooner Gaspee at Namquit (now Gaspee) Point in 1772.
8. Q: The first U.S. National Men's Tennis Championship took place at Newport Casino in what year?
9. Q: The nine-hole course at Newport's Golf and Country Club was the venue for the first U.S. Open Championship, conducted by the United States Golf Association took place in what year?
10. Q: Rhode Island was the only state to reject and not ratify an amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages. Rhode Island rumrunners subsequently made a tidy profit ferrying liquor ashore from beyond the three-mile limit. Which amendment?
ANSWERS:
1. RUM RUNNER II, 2. Newport was founded in 1639 and its eight founders and first officers were Nicholas Easton, William Coddington, John Clarke, John Coggeshall, William Brenton, Jeremy Clark, Thomas Hazard, and Henry Bull 3. Arthur Ashe, Steffie Graf and Jimmy Connor to name 3 of the more than 200. 4. TRUE 5. NARRAGANSETT PACER 6. CARPENTER, SHIP BUILDER, FISHERMAN, MASON, TRADER, etc. 7. BOSTON “TEA PARTY” 8. 1881 9. The first U.S. Open was played on October 4, 1895, on a nine-hole course at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. A prize fund of $335, plus a $50 gold medal. 10. Eighteenth Amendment
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