Gaspee Point in Warwick, Rhode Island, is the site where the British customs schooner HMS Gaspee ran aground and was subsequently burned by colonial patriots in 1772. This event, known as the Gaspee Affair, was a pivotal act of defiance against British authority.
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Architecture
3376, 3384, 3387, 3391, 3397--3399, And 3404 Post Rd., Warwick, Rhode Island
Architecture
11 Roger Williams Ave., Warwick, Rhode Island
Architecture
595 Buttonwoods Ave., Warwick, Rhode Island
Community Planning And Development; Architecture; Social History
Roughly Bounded By Brush Neck Cove, Greenwich Bay, Cooper And Promenade Aves., Warwick, Rhode Island
Architecture; Art; Community Planning And Development
4157 Post Rd., Warwick, Rhode Island
Transportation; Architecture
E Of Conimicut Pt. In The Providence River, Warwick, Rhode Island
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Landscape Architecture
24 Sherry Ave., Bristol, Rhode Island
Community Planning And Development; Military
North Rd. And Narragansett Ave., Jamestown, Rhode Island
Military; Black
Lehigh Hill And Both Sides Of Ri 21 Between Medley And Dexter Sts., Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Art; Military; Architecture
Farwell And Warner Sts., Newport, Rhode Island
Military; Maritime History
W Of Beaver Tail Rd., Jamestown, Rhode Island
Military
Lawton And Highland Aves., Tiverton, Rhode Island
