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"gaspee days"

Jun 9, 2015
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  • john brown house museum
  • rhode island historical society
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  • waterfire

Talk About a WaterFire Lighting …

Happy Gaspee! Thanks to one well-placed sandbar at Namquit Point off the coast of Warwick, the movement toward American Revolution really heated up 243 years ago today when the HMS Gaspee ran aground and was later boarded and burned by rebel colonists under the direction of John Brown and Abraham Whipple. Guess what? We have a walking tour for that!

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