Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As June begins, Rhode Island is preparing to celebrate the anniversary of one of its most important revolutionary events - the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WARWICK – More than 250 years ago, Rhode Island colonists had a grudge against the HMS Gaspee and the Royal Navy ship's captain.

Rhode Islanders will gather in the coming weeks to remember once again the 1772 burning of the Gaspee, the British ship Rhode Islanders set ablaze in an act of defiance that served as a prelude to the ...

As June begins, Rhode Island is preparing to celebrate the anniversary of one of its most important revolutionary events - the burning of the Gaspee. While Rhode Island's neighbor Massachusetts is ...