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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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COMMEMORATING THE 47TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF GASPEE DAYS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Naughton, Cimini, Ferri, and Messier | |
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Date Introduced: May 24, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, The burning of the H.M.S. Gaspee was one of the boldest and most colorful |
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incidents in the War for American Independence. On the night of June 9, 1772, Rhode Islanders |
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captured and destroyed the schooner H.M.S. Gaspee, the last of the hated British vessels that had |
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harassed Rhode Island since the days of the Stamp Act. This act of defiance off Namquid Point |
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was the supreme act of protest against the tyranny of the British Crown, and provided a strong |
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impetus to the movement of the American colonies toward independence; and |
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WHEREAS, The burning of the Gaspee led to the formation of the Committee of |
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Correspondence, the Continental Congress, and, eventually, to the Declaration of Independence. |
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Two hundred and forty years later, the memory of this incendiary act still fires the hearts and |
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minds of the residents of historic Pawtuxet Village; and |
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WHEREAS, Legislation was enacted by the General Assembly to designate the second |
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Saturday and the following Sunday in the month of June each year as days of special observance |
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to be known as Gaspee Days; and |
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WHEREAS, On the afternoon of Thursday, May 3, 2012, the Gaspee Days Committee |
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will be launching this year's commemoration of the event with its annual Proclamation Ceremony |
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in the State Room; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby commemorates the opening of the 47th annual celebration of |
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Gaspee Days. This House, moreover, urges the patriotic citizens of the Ocean State to participate |
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fully in the festivities honoring this momentous event in the history of our state and the nation; |
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and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Proclamation Chairman of the Gaspee Days |
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Committee. |
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