04-R
221
2004 -- S 3092
Enacted 05/05/04
S E N A T E R
E S O L U T I O N
CELEBRATING THE 39TH ANNUAL
CELEBRATION OF GASPEE DAYS
Introduced By: Senators
McCaffrey, Walaska, Roberts, and Revens
Date
Introduced: May 05, 2004
WHEREAS,
The burning of the H.M.S. Gaspee was one of the boldest and most colorful
incidents in the War for
American Independence. On the night of June 9, 1772, Rhode Islander
captured and destroyed the last
of the hated British vessels that had harassed Rhode Island since
the days of the hated Stamp
Act. This act of defiance off Namquid Point was the supreme act of
protest against the tyranny of
the British Crown, and provided a strong impetus to the movement
of the American colonies toward
independence; and
WHEREAS,
The burning of the Gaspee led to the formation of the Committee of
Correspondence, the Continental
Congress and, eventually, to the Declaration of Independence.
Two hundred and thirty-one
years later, the memory of this incendiary act still fires the hearts and
minds of the residents of
historic Pawtuxet Village; and
WHEREAS,
Legislation was enacted by the general assembly which designated the
second Saturday and the
following Sunday in the month of June each year as days of special
observance to be known as
Gaspee Days; and
WHEREAS,
On the afternoon of Thursday, May 6th, 2004 the Gaspee Days Committee
will be launching this year's
commemoration of the event with their annual Proclamation
Ceremony in the State House
rotunda; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
hereby celebrates the opening
of the 39th annual celebration of Gaspee Days. This Senate,
moreover, urges the patriotic
citizens of the Ocean State to fully participate in the
commemoration of this
momentous event in the history of our state and the nation; and be it
further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to
transmit a duly certified copy
of this resolution to the Proclamation Chairman of the Gaspee Days
Committee.
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LC03345
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