Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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History books often point to the Boston Tea Party as the moment America rebelled against Britain. But 18 months earlier, Rhode Islanders carried out a daring nighttime attack on the British schooner Gaspee and set it ablaze in Narragansett Bay. Was this the true spark of the American Revolution? One local man is determined to set the record straight.

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