On the night of July 9, 1777, Barton’s Raiders captured the British Commander-in-Chief, General Prescott, in Middletown, RI. At the Varnum Memorial Armory Museum, we have a sword that is purported to be the one taken from Prescott on that night.
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Out on Block Island, there is a small plot of land with a very special memorial: a ship’s bell commemorating
One of the most famous documents in American history, “To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World,”
Hanging in the President’s Office is a faded 19th century relic that commemorates a defining moment in Rhode Island history.
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