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Gaspee Days report:

Celebration bigger & better, drawing in new people

Jerry Peshka, President , Gaspee Days Committee
Posted 6/12/24

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 …

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Gaspee Days report:

Celebration bigger & better, drawing in new people

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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 music and food to make a full afternoon of the event. The Block Party and the interfaith service were both moved to new days and the service was modified to include more music. Both were well received. We were blessed with good weather and a great turnout for most of the Memorial Day weekend Arts and Crafts Festival.

Unfortunately, the rain on Sunday forced us to cancel Sunday in the park and the burning of the Gaspee. The parade was the biggest in both size and attendance. Our road race grew to a size we never expected. We normally have around 1,600 runners and this year 2,000 signed up and 1,800 plus actually ran. The best part for me is that we had new people join the committee and help the committee move into the next generation.

I look forward to watching these people take more leadership roles and continue the tradition of entertaining and educating people about the first act of the colonists to secure our freedoms.

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