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THE RANGERS ARE IN: The Pawtuxet Rangers standing at attention during the installation of officers. (Beacon photos by Barbara Polichetti)
Gaspee ‘family’ ready for a lot of ‘fun’ work
If working hard can be a lot of fun, then the Gaspee Days Committee is a prime example. The volunteer committee is responsible for the planning of the popular Gaspee Days Parade and all the … more
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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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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. For more Gaspee Days coverage, turn to Pages 8-11. (Warwick Beacon photo by Steve Popiel)
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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Making Rhode Island a destination
You have to get to the Gaspee Day early to really catch the show…and better yet, learn what could put Rhode Island on the national stage. Well, or at least, the next viral sensation. As … more
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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BALCONY SEATS: The embankment of Pawtuxet Park provided an overview of Saturday’s events and a good place to catch the last rays of a perfect day.
Tunes and booms to be followed by a parade & burning
Gaspee Days celebrations continued Saturday with the Warwick Symphony Orchestra performing in Pawtuxet Park that was followed at 9 p.m. with a fireworks extravaganza at Salter Grove. The display was … more
Summer is on the way
The Memorial Day weekend offered a prelude to yet even warmer weather. At left a couple enjoy the bay breeze at Conimicut Point. (Warwick Beacon photo) Gaspee Days are here Catch up on all … more
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 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
ROCKING THE GASPEE: John Foley and Rep. Joe McNamara on guitar teamed up to play McNamara’s composition during the opening of the Gaspee display at the Warwick Library on Saturday. (Warwick Beacon photos)
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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Exhibit on search for HMS Gaspee opens Saturday at Warwick Library
The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) will open an exhibit of its archaeological study to find HMS Gaspee, the small Royal Navy ship burned by Patriots in 1772 on Warwick's Namquid … more
Coming soon
Gaspee Days Committee Charity Plates will start appearing on cars on Saturday, Oct. 14. That’s the date when those who ordered and prepaid for the plates can pick them up from 9 a.m. to noon at … more
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
He’s back by popular demand
Jerry Peshka, right, who has served as president of the Gaspee Days Committee, has returned to lead the all volunteer group that stages multiple activities including an arts and crafts show, road … more
SANDY SEARCH: Assisted by “moon low tides” Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project volunteers extended their hunt for remnants of the Gaspee to the northwest end of Gaspee Point this week both on land and below water. Here they prepare to do a metal detector scan after mapping out a grid of the area. Story and more photos on Page 3. (Warwick Beacon photo by Will Steinfeld)
‘Citizen scientists’ continue Gaspee search
Visit the north end of Gaspee Point this week and you’ll likely find some stakes,  standing six inches above the sand, with tape strung between them into a 40 foot wide grid. You … more
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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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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
So much more than viewing a parade
“We have a seat for you,” said a voice pointing to two lawn chairs on the curb of Narragansett Parkway a stone’s throw from Spring Green Drive where the Gaspee Days Parade has … 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 length of Narragansett Parkway 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. More photos on page 7. (Photo by Steve Popiel)
Gaspee Days come again: 58 years and still going strong
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