• "Old Ironsides" Earns its Name, 1812
  If you have ever pondered how the USS Constitution earned its nickname "Old Ironsides" then check out this account of the famous 1812 battle where she earned it.
  An eyewitness account of the USS Constitution in battle.
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• Rhode Island: Gaspee Days (Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots - Library of Congress)
  "Held annually in the city of Warwick, Rhode Island, Gaspee Days celebrates the June 1772 burning of the British revenue schooner HMS Gaspee by the colonists of Rhode Island."- (web site) Learn more about this celebration here.
  Rhode Island. Local Legacies Project Celebrating Community Roots: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Gaspee Days Children's Colonial Costume Contest June 4, 1995 Children's Colonial Costume ContestHeld annually in the city of Warwick, Rhode Island,Gaspee Days celebrates the June 1772 burning of the British revenueschooner HMS Gaspee 
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• The Court-Martial of the Bounty Mutineers
  From the fmous trials web site, examine the court martial of the Bounty Mutineers.
  Primary documents (including court-martial testimony), images, maps, links, and other materials relating to 1792 court-martial of ten men from the Bounty. Site also includes an original narrative account of the case.
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• The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
  From the Mariners Museum Web site, read about the XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War with France during the Adams Administraion 1798-1800.
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• THE NAVY & RHODE ISLAND: A HISTORY
  Check out these interesting facts about Rhode Island from the U.S. Navy web site.
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