FORT ADAMS, NEWPORT, RI   2005

BATTLE OF SARATOGA

Mr. Cunningham, Prof. Desmarais at URI  2-5-06

3-5-06  Gen. Washington rides into Kingston Village in RI,  in route to Newport, from New York.

3-5-06   2nd RI Regiment march in Kingston Village, RI.   These troops are preparing to meet Gen. G. Washington, their supreme commander.

3-5-06   Troops prepare to meet General Washington,

3-5-06   Rhode Island Regiment - Continental Army - Greet Gen. George Washington on his way to Newport from New York.   Meeting takes place in Kingston Village in Rhode Island.  Gen. Washington is in the center with the black overcoat.

5-6-06  US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE - NEWPORT, RI         THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN DURING AN 11 MILE HIKE COMMEMORATING THE MARCH FROM NEWPORT, RI  TO YORKTOWN, VA BY THE 2ND RHODE ISLAND REGIMENT, NOTE THE NEWPORT BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND...

6-3-06  David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize author of "1776" chats with members of 2nd Rhode Island Regiment in Providence, at an event sponsored by the Rhode Island Historical Society.

"IN STEP"   5-29-06  MEMORIAL DAY PARADE -  MAIN STREET,  WARREN, RI.

Kings Ferry, Verplank, NY  8-26-06   The crossing of the Hudson river re-enacted by the BAR including  members of the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment.  Landing at Stony Point is directly across the river. Click on each small image to view and then click "Back"

BATTLE OF GROTON HEIGHTS  9-02-06   FORT GRISWOLD, GROTON, CT & THE BURNING OF NEW LONDON, CT

COGGESHALL FARM,  HARVEST FAIR,   FOR DRILLS  9-16-06    BRISTOL, RI

NAVY DAY, GREENWICH RI - JUNE 21,2007     celebrating the 232nd anniversary of the commissioning of the first American navy by the Rhode Island General Assembly while meeting at the old Kent County Courthouse, which was one of the five colonial R.I. statehouses

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEOS OF NAVY DAY

Saturday, June 23^{rd 2007}  – Dorr Rebellion Re-Enactment, Gloucester, RI.   Re-enactment of the march of the RI Militias, attack on the Dorrite stronghold and Town of Chepachet with the finale at the Stage Coach Inn.   The Dorr Rebellion was a short-lived armed insurrection in Rhode Island in 1841 and 1842, led by Thomas Wilson Dorr who was agitating for changes to the state's electoral system.

FORT TABER, NEW BEDFORD, MA    8-18-07  

4-19-08 Patriot Day, Minute Man Historic National Park, Between Concord and Lexington, Ma.    2nd RI  served as Mass militia men forcing the British regulars back to Boston.