Excerpt from Program a Patriotic Celebration of the One Hundred and Thirty-Second Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: Enacted by the General Assembly of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations May 4th, 1776 In addition to the exercises at the Old Capitol, President Bick nell placed memorial flags at the graves of Hon. Metcalf Bowler, Governor Nicholas Cook, Hon. Stephen Hopkins, Providence, Deputy Governor William Bradford, Hon. Shearjashub Bourne, Bristol, and General Thomas Allin, and Edward Bosworth, Barring ton, all members of the General Assembly of 1776. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.