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Burning of the Gaspee

The Gaspée going up in flames

Why We Celebrate the Gaspée Affair

By Samuel G. Howard on June 10, 2012

Imagine the state police identified an area where a high level of drug-smuggling was being committed. So they sent a police cruiser in, part of a unit effective enough to really make the dealers angry. One day, the cruiser broke down in the middle of the street. Hearing about it, the dealers got together, went [...]

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