HMS Gaspee

"Sons of Liberty"

Upon this corner stood Sabin Tavern in which on the evening of June 9th 1772 the party and organized to destroy the H.R.M. schooner Gaspee.

In the destruction of which was shed the first blood in the American Revolution

Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street and Planet Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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