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HMS 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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