The Burning of the Great Gaspee

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

History, Paranormal, Ghosts, Folklore, Places & Travel, Monsters, Society & Culture, Legends, Newengland

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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In Episode 338 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger stroll the shores of Narragansetts Bay in Warwick, Rhode Island, to the see the site where Rhode Islanders led by John Brown attacked the HMS Gaspee and her overzealous crew in 1772. Could this shot have been the actual first shot fired in the Revolutionary War?

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0:00.0	Ray, when I ask you where the American Revolution began, you'd say...
0:06.5	Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the first shots fired, the shot heard around the world.
0:12.0	And not too many people would argue with you.
0:14.0	And that was April 19, 1775.
0:16.5	And here we are the United States of America now.
0:19.0	Right.
0:20.0	But as you can imagine, the first shot fired
0:22.0	didn't really come out of nowhere I mean there were many
0:24.8	many events that led up to it oh sure like the Boston Tea Party for one right
0:29.1	Boston Massacre is another yep plus many other little things like too many taxes, no saying government.
0:36.1	I mean it took years to build up that much tension. All very true. But the
0:40.0	Boston Massacre was an example of the British shooting at the colonists. The story goes that the first The against their oppressors, at least that's what we learned. But which makes me wonder why we're standing on the shores of Narragansit Bay in Warwick,
0:55.9	Rhode Island.
0:56.9	I mean, we're pretty far from Lexington and Concord.
0:58.8	We are.
0:59.8	But we're pretty close to where an act of violence against the British may be a more accurate first
1:06.6	shot fired in the revolution.
1:09.2	We've come to Neregantic Bay to witness the burning of the HMS Gaspi.
1:14.0	Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger and welcome to episode 338 of the New England's
1:22.4	podcast.
1:23.1	And I'm Ray Ozier.
1:23.9	Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle
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