page_title: Esek Hopkins
section_title: After the Revolution and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Esek Hopkins / After the Revolution and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Esek Hopkins statue, Hopkins Square, Providence Rhode Island.
context_page_description: Commodore Esek Hopkins was the only Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. He was also an accomplished merchant captain and privateer. He is noted for his successful raid on the British port of Providence, in the Bahamas, and capturing large stores of military supplies.
context_section_description: Hopkins was a founding member of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was highly respected in Rhode Island and continued to serve the Rhode Island General Assembly through 1786, then retired to his farm where he died February 26, 1802. His home, the Esek Hopkins House, is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He was buried in the North Burial Ground of Providence, Rhode Island.
  A statue of Hopkins by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson was dedicated in 1891 on the site of the former Hopkins family cemetery at Charles and Branch Street.
  See USS Hopkins for ships named in his honor.
  In June 2020, the Providence School Board voted to remove Hopkins' name from Esek Hopkins Middle School, citing Hopkins' association with the slave ship Sally.
caption: Statue by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson in Hopkins Square, Providence
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