Oakland Beach, Rhode Island

Oakland Beach is a neighborhood and beach located in the South Central area of Warwick, Rhode Island, on Greenwich Bay, a tributary of Narragansett Bay.^[1] In the late 1800s until about 1895 Oakland Beach was the location of Camp Wetmore, the site of a six day annual training encampment of the Rhode Island Militia.^{[citation needed]}

Greenwich Bay from Oakland Beach

Camp Wetmore, R.I. brigade militia, July 7th to 11th, 1885, Oakland Beach

The New England Hurricane of 1938 destroyed much of Oakland Beach.^[2] The area never quite recovered, and Hurricane Carol in 1954 added to the area's destruction.^[3]