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LACING THEM UP: Elly McGuire at the Gaspee Days foot race last week. (Photo by Steve Popiel)
McGuire returns to Gaspee race 46 years later
Last weekend’s Gaspee Days 5k foot race was a homecoming for Warwick native Elly McGuire, who returned to the course 46 years after her first appearance in the event. Back in 1978, McGuire … more
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Cannons over Cranston
READY, AIM, FIRE: During Saturday’s Gaspee Days Parade, the Artillery Company of Newport 1741 fired cannons from the bridge on the Warwick/Cranston line. Representatives of Cranston city … more
PARADE STALWARTS: Ron Barnes, who is retiring after serving 20 years as commanding officers of the Pawtuxet Rangers is flanked by Dean Scanlon and Tracey Miller moments before the parade stepped off. Dean who owns and operates the American Revolution Bistro in Pawtuxet served as Parade Grand Marshal Tracey is president of this year’s parade.
She stepped up to run a parade
Tracey Miller is a veteran when it comes to running parades. Well, sort of. She chaired the Gaspee Days parade in 2018 so she had a good idea of the planning it would take to run this year’s … more
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IN THE LEAD: This year the mace reportedly made from wood from the Gaspee topped with an eagle recovered from a Civil War battlefield, usually carried by a dignitary in front of the parade, was exchanged by Pawtuxet Rangers. Seen here, leading off the exchange is Lt. Col. Phil Rowell who is hopeful of being named colonel next spring in a change in command. (Beacon photos by John Howell and Felictas Stuebing)
Gaspee Days report:
The 2023/2024 Gaspee Days celebration was a great success. We have grown and modified several events and plan to extend those changes. We started with growing the Proclamation ceremony by adding … more
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RIFE WITH FIFE: Pawtuxet Rangers Lt. Rachel Sczurek plays the fife at the Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Fair. For more photos from the fair, turn to Page 3. (Cranston Herald photos by Steve Popiel)
Artsy Crafty Gaspee Days
THE RANGERS: From left to right, Larry Perez, executive officer of the Pawtuxet Rangers Fife & Drum Corps, Corp. Trish Woodard (a direct descendent of Capt. Malachi Rhodes, an original member of the Pawtuxet Rangers), and Lt. Rachel Sczurek, supply officer and fife player, manned the Rangers’ booth this weekend. This year, the Pawtuxet Rangers are celebrating their 250th anniversary of their founding as a military unit in 1774.
Great Gaspee
Gaspee Days season is in full swing in Pawtuxet, with Memorial Day weekend kicking off the festivities with a block party and arts and crafts festival on the Warwick side of the village. With … more
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Gaspee 5K expects largest race ever
The annual Gaspee Days 5K foot race will be making its return this June and is expected to host its largest pool of runners ever. The Gaspee Days 5K is the state’s oldest foot race and has … more
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Gaspee 5K expects largest race ever
The annual Gaspee Days 5K foot race will be making its return this June and is expected to host its largest pool of runners ever. The Gaspee Days 5K is the state’s oldest foot race and has … more
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Gaspee swag on sale Nov. 28
The Gaspee Days Committee will hold a sale of new items featuring the release of the license plate Tuesday November 28th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Aspray Boat House Shirts in both long and short … more
HISTORY NOOK: Thanks to the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project, the Warwick Public Library now has display cases and a comfortable reading nook in its collection of history books. The cases and wall space display artifacts and charts from the systematic hunt for the Gaspee over the past two summers. For the ribbon cutting from left are: Library director Aaron Coutu, Rep. Joseph McNamara, Dr. Kathy Abbass, Secretary of State Gregg Amore and Todd Blount, of Blount Fine Foods, a major supporter of the hunt for the Gaspee.
Rock & tales opens library Gaspee exhibit
Dr. Kathy Abbass doesn’t sugarcoat history or for that matter what the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project found in its ongoing efforts to find the HMS Gaspee. Abbass, the driving … more
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Soon on cars everywhere
Having surpassed the 600 threshold for preorders to start production, Gaspee Days Committee Charity Plates will start appearing on cars on Saturday, Oct. 14. That’s the date when those who … more
The hunt continues
Nobody said it was going to be easy. With the commencement of a bonafide hunt for the Gaspee off Namquid Point last year to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the burning of the British … more
Hunt for Gaspee continues
Last year drivers didn’t find what they had hoped to find when they spent almost two weeks in the waters off Gaspee Point. But the search for the British schooner Gaspee that was set afire off … more
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Stepping out for Gaspee Days
OFFICIALS AND OFFICIAL CELEBRANT: Former Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicillini, who served as parade grand co-marshals, at left, are joined by Don … more
TOP THREE: Teacher Henry Maine sits in front of his three students, and essay contest winners, Giulio, Wesely, and Nathan (left to right) who swept the Gaspee Day essay writing contest with their essays about the Boston Massacre. (Submitted photo)
Western Hills class sweeps Gaspee essay contest
Once again three students from Henry Maine’s eighth grade class at Western Hills Middle School have swept the Gaspee Day essay contest by winning first, second and third, with their essays … more
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Painted for a parade
Never in recent history has Narragansett Parkway looked so good for the Gaspee Days parade that steps off Saturday from the intersection of Spring Green at 10 a.m. The red, white and blue line … more
MARCHING STRONG: The Pawtuxet Rangers, one of the oldest chartered military militias in the country, march to celebrate the Gaspee Days festival. With the celebration going on all the way through June 11, those attending can still look forward to a host of wonderful attractions. June 3 will bring the Warwick Symphony Orchestra to Pawtuxet Park at 5:30 p.m. to entertain crowds with music and then fireworks will light up Salter’s Grove, Warwick, starting at 9:30 p.m. The final weekend of Gaspee takes place over Saturday June 10 and Sunday June 11. Events will include Ecumenical Services from Trinity Episcopal Church and a Gaspee Days 5K race on Saturday before the annual Gaspee Days Parade, which begins at 10 a.m. and travels the lenght of Narragansett Parway in Warwick. Sunday will bring the Blessing of the Fleet at Rhode Island Yacht Club at 11 a.m., several events in Pawtuxet park, such as Sunday in the Park with live music and food at noon, a raffle drawing at 3 p.m. and the traditional Burning of the Gaspee at 4 p.m. (Photo by Steve Popiel)
Gaspee Days come again: 58 years and still going strong.
FRONT ROW SEAT: Anthony Ruggieri got out his lawn chair to watch the repaving of Narragansett Parkway from his home Monday. He recalls the first Gaspee Day Parade, which featured only one horse and no band, but was filled with community members. Today, while he laments the short appearance of the Philadelphia-based Mummers, he stays enthusiastic about the event. (Cranston Herald photo)
It’s official, Gaspee days are here
By SAMANTHA RUSSELL The Gaspee Days Committee will ignite historical recognition alongside community engagement Saturday at 12:00 p.m. at the Pawtuxet Park Gazebo, marking the start of this … more
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Ongoing commitment to Gaspee Days
With spring in the air and nice weather finally arriving in Rhode Island, it sure feels a lot like Gaspee Days around here. And it will look a lot more like it too, with a slate of great events … more
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‘It Takes a Village’ road race and food trucks return to Pawtuxet Park
With support from 35 (and counting) local business sponsors, a popular family-friendly road race is returning to Pawtuxet Park. On the Friday evening of May 19, the 5th annual ‘It Takes A … more
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