Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring the Battle of Rhode Island Association with Jim Stearns 7-5-25 Podcast By cover art

Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring the Battle of Rhode Island Association with Jim Stearns 7-5-25

Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring the Battle of Rhode Island Association with Jim Stearns 7-5-25

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 Viva Liberty! We're steering toward the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. Jim Stearns, Director for the Battle of Rhode Island Association and a member of the Butts Hill Fort Restoration Committee joins us to celebrate Independence Day and provide an education on the role Rhode Island played. Who knew that Rhide Island was front and center of this dangerous undertaking? Jim discovered he had several ancestors in the Battle of Rhode Island, and that connection allowed him to join the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the Revolution(RISR). The Independence Day celebration is by far the largest event that is sponsored by the Rhode Island Society Sons of the Revolution. The day begins at the grave of William Ellery in the Common Burying Ground on Farewell Street in Newport concluding wit a member of the RISR recreates the reading of the Declaration of Independence that took place on the steps of the Colony House in July of 1776 by Major John Handy. The Artillery Company of Newport follows with a 21 gun salute to the Nation using their battery of four cannons cast by Paul Revere in 1798. Listen as he describes the actions taken to reclaim the Butts Hill Fort, which is in need of volunteers to bring the fort out of the weeds.
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