The Bristol Historic and Preservation Society and BoRIA presented author and historian Christian McBurney as part of Bristol’s 250th celebrations. During the Revolutionary War, on May 25, 1778, a large British army detachment of soldiers from Newport landed on Bristol Neck and spent the day burning parts of Bristol, Warren and boats at the Kickemuit River and seizing some 60 civilians as prisoners. This talk will focus on Bristol, where twenty percent of its houses were torched. The talk will also compare the British army’s march from Warren to Bristol, and from Bristol to Bristol Ferry, to the British army’s march at the Battle of Lexington and Concord where patriot militia inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy during its march. Come hear Rhode Island and Revolutionary War historian Christian McBurney tells this fascinating story.