By JOHN HOWELL
After more than two weeks of what is surely the most comprehensive search for remains of the HMS Gaspee that was burned by colonists 250 years ago, the marine archeologist who led …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/2/22
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By JOHN HOWELL
Gaspee Point has hidden its secrets well, although divers found a “cultural item,” a brick, as they prepared over the weekend for a more extensive search this week in …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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7/19/22
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The sinking of the HMS Gaspee is merely a footnote in some U.S. history books.
If a small group of Rhode Island citizen scientists succeeds, a search for the British vessel’s remains may help rewrite the nation’s annals, and place the Namquid Point explosion on the first page of the first chapter of the American story.
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By RORY SCHULER
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5/10/22
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The 250th celebration commemorating the burning of the HMS Gaspee will be unlike any that has come before it.
Not only is the anniversary itself significant, but it coincides with the exciting …
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5/10/22
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