Rhode Islanders feel slighted that Bostonians get all the glory for helping spark the American Revolution with the Boston Tea Party. So they’re burning a ship on Sunday. (Corrects date)http://bos.gl/5Zug40S
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The burning of the Gaspee has nothing to do with "protesting" the Boston Tea Party. Its celebrating the beginning of the revolution as it started in Rhode Island. Great "journalism"!
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It's headlines like this that lead to people like
@realDonaldTrump thinking the Canadians burned down the Whitehouse. CC:@williamjfischerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Rhode Island was founded on religious tolerance to get away from puritan Massholes. And we have better donuts
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This article is totally wrong.
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Um, no. Rhode Islanders are re-enacting the burning of the Gaspee, which happened in RI BEFORE the Boston Tea Party. The Tea Party was copying the Gaspee. We also declared independence first. So there.
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The Gaspee preceded the Tea Party by a year I think.
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Say what? Whitehouse from the East Bay doesn't have a clue. Seth Rockman, born in Indiana and raised in San Francisco must not get out much in RI. It's a patriotic celebration with a re-enactment of the Gaspee burning, a parade, fireworks and art & crafts festival. No aggrievment
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I would expect better historical accuracy from The Boston Globe. Even this Midwesterner knows the correct facts about the burning of British customs schooner HMS Gaspee by Rhode Islanders, likely led by John Brown, prior to the Boston Tea Party. Google it!
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Need to check your facts
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this is sooooo rhode island
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Are they going to shoot the captain again too?
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That's one of the silliest invented-competition articles I've read since Sam Adams's epic Stamp Act/Sugar Act pamphlet. I felt a small part of my brain die as I read...
@BostonGlobe@JenMcDermottAP I demand the 45 seconds that it took to read this sad waste of cyberspace back!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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C’mon . What’s with this headline ! It’s factually inaccurate and the tone ? What is this ! Not journalism .
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People have way to much time on thier hands!! My god
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