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First Rhode Island Regiment, Narrated by Senator Jack Reed
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1:16Now PlayingJack Reed, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island and Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, is a West Point graduate and Army veteran known as a bipartisan deal-maker on defense and consumer protection. This is the story of the First Rhode Island Regiment, widely recognized as America’s first Black military regiment, which saw its first combat experience at the Battle of Rhode Island on August 29, 1778. @SenatorReed
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