Dan Barnes bought a house on Thames Street in 2022 and wondered how old it really was. Turns out, he had purchased a property almost as old as the Town of Bristol itself.
flag, at its highest ideals. thank you. very proud history of african-americans serving our country in uniform began all the way back at our nation s founding. they joined units like first rhode island regiment, the first all-black unit of american warriors. many were slaves. in exchange for their service, they were promised their birthright of freedom. these soldiers bravely repelled repeated assault by enemy forces in the battle of rhode island. later they fought at yorktown where the british ultimately surrendered and america s independence was won. they would not have surrendered so easily and so quickly without you, that i can tell you. decades later, african-americans volunteered to fight to preserve our union in the civil war. among them was a soldier named