Gaspee Point
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Gaspee Point
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Gaspee Point in 1852
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| Location: | Warwick, Rhode Island |
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| Built: | 1772 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: |
72000018 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | June 8, 1972 |
Gaspee Point is an historic site off Namquid Drive in Warwick, Rhode Island.
Gaspee Point was the site of one of the first hostilities of the American Revolution where American colonists attacked and burned the British ship the Gaspee near the Point in 1772. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
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