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Posted 6/13/22 Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the burning of the HMS Gaspee, this parade wouldn't quit - the best yet. This item is available in full to subscribers. Attention subscribersWe have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription. If you are a current print subscriber, you can set up a free website account by clicking here. Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
VIDEO 2022 Gaspee Days Parade
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Posted Monday, June 13, 2022 1:10 pm Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the burning of the HMS Gaspee, this parade wouldn't quit - the best yet. MCV Calendar of Performances « All Events
June 11 @ 10:00 am - 11:59 pmFree
Annual Gaspee Days Parade that starts in Warwick, passes through Cranston and Pawtuxet, Rhode Island. Parade steps off at 10:00 am.
DetailsDate: June 11 Time:10:00 am - 11:59 pm VenueDowntown Warwick Warwick, RI United States + Google Map View Venue Website
2022 Performance schedule (static page)Check back often for additions to our calendar! RSS feed for MCV Calendar. Sat, Jun 11, 2022Sat, Jun 11, 2022Since 1966, parade starts along Narragansett Parkway in Warwick and ends on Broad Street in Cranston. Colonial fife and drum corps as well as Civil War units, modern day drum and bugle corps and much more. Entertainment Children's, Entertainment Free, Handicapped Access, Music, Public Transportation (401) 781-1772 (401) 781-1774 This info may change due to circumstances, please verify details before venturing out. This is a default category photo You must login to add photos. Is this your Event? There are no comments yet, we invite you to be the first.
Sep 22, 2022 - Sep 23, 2022 WARWICK — The Gaspee Days festival takes place every June, with parties, concerts, fireworks, parades, a foot race and the ceremonial burning of an effigy of an 18th-century warship. Here's what you need to know about the event behind this unusual civic celebration: More:What happened to the HMS Gaspee: First blood of the American Revolution or petty revenge? More:RI patriot says "cease and desist" to those denying Revolution's first shot was fired here What was the Gaspee?The HMS Gaspee was a British revenue schooner that was assigned to patrol Narragansett Bay to make sure that ship captains paid taxes on their cargoes and to stop smuggling, primarily of goods from the West Indies. In 1772, in an act that people couldn't stop talking about to this day, the Gaspee was boarded and burned to the waterline. Though several people were injured during the boarding, including the Gaspee's captain being shot, no one died. Where was the Gaspee burned?Contrary to what you might believe from the ceremonial burning in Pawtuxet Cove that's part of Gaspee Days, the burning of the British warship happened about a mile and a half to the south, in an arm of Narragansett Bay known as the Providence River, where the Gaspee ran aground on Namquid Point, which has been renamed Gaspee Point. More:A little-known deal allows public beach access at Gaspee Point in Warwick Who burned the Gaspee and why?Several dozen Colonists set out from Providence in rowboats on the night of June 9, 1772, and rowed about six miles to the south, where, in the early hours of June 10, they boarded the Gaspee, captured the crew and set them ashore before burning the ship. The Gaspee's captain, Lt. William Dudingston, had crossed two powerful marchants: Nathanael Greene, of Coventry, and John Brown, of Providence. In February of that year, Dudingston seized Greene's sloop, the Fortune, and its cargo, apparently illegally, igniting passions among the Colonists. On June 9, Dudingston was chasing a boat owned by Brown when the Gaspee ran aground. When Brown heard about the Gaspee's predicament, he vowed to destroy it. Gaspee Days 2022 schedule of events:
For a full list of Gaspee Days festivities visit: http://www.gaspee.com/ Was the burning of the Gaspee the first shot of the Revolutionary War?While the Gaspee was one of many actions in the run-up to the Revolutionary War that soured American public opinion on British rule, it didn't begin the continuous armed conflict the started on Lexington Green and nearby Concord, Massachusetts, two years later. Where is the Gaspee today?No one knows for sure, but D.K. Abbass and the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project are launching an expedition next month to try to find what's left of the ship off Gaspee Point. More:Everything you need to know to help search for the HMS Gaspee |
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