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Gaspee Days Parade 2017: Marching, Muskets, Music

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Hoxie Elementary School's float approaches the Pawtuxet River Bridge, where the Artillery Company of Newport was stationed during the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade June 10.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Hoxie Elementary School’s float approaches the Pawtuxet River Bridge, where the Artillery Company of Newport was stationed during the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade June 10.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Sean Dunton, 2, surveying the scene from the comfort of a stroller, with his mother, Arianna Dunton, and his grandmother, Audrey Walsh during the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Sean Dunton, 2, surveying the scene from the comfort of a stroller, with his mother, Arianna Dunton, and his grandmother, Audrey Walsh during the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
WARWICK, R.I. — Saturday’s Gaspee Days parade was graced with fair 70-degree weather and the usual enthusiastic crowd watching marching bands and floats from lawn chairs, front lawns, porches and roofs.

The parade boasted federal, state and local officials, the Pawtuxet Rangers, canon fire, musket fire, and famed Dancing Cop Tony Lepore.

The parade experienced one hitch when a Cranston Fire Engine responded to Pawtuxet Village on Narragansett Parkway for what the CFD referred to as a medical call on the Pawtuxet River bridge at about 11 a.m.

The fire engine took extra time to make it to the bridge, according to the CFD, because side roads had been blocked for the parade. The parade held its position just shy of Pawtuxet Village for about 30 minutes while the engine moved south toward Warwick to administer aid to an unidentified person, then continued north up Post Road.

At the corner of Post Road and Narragansett Parkway, Sean Dunton, 2, was surveying the scene from the comfort of a stroller, with his mother, Arianna Dunton, and his grandmother, Audrey Walsh.

The family’s been happily showing up to watch the Gaspee Days Parade for the past 26 years. Walsh said there’s nothing they’d change about the 52-year-old event.

Additional photos from the 52nd Annual Gaspee Days Parade are available below:

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Steve Colonies of the Artillery Company of Newport, mans the cannon as one is fired at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Steve Colonies of the Artillery Company of Newport, mans the cannon as one is fired at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Windsor CT Fife and Drum Corps at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Windsor CT Fife and Drum Corps at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Windsor CT Fife and Drum Corps at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Windsor CT Fife and Drum Corps at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
 

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Lexington Minutemen at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Lexington Minutemen at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Dancing Cop Tony Lepore at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Dancing Cop Tony Lepore at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Gaspee Days Grand Marshal Dennis DeJesus at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Gaspee Days Grand Marshal Dennis DeJesus at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Hoxie School's float in the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Hoxie School’s float in the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Pawtuxet Rangers at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Pawtuxet Rangers at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Pawtuxet Rangers at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Pawtuxet Rangers at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Pawtuxet Rangers perform a musket salute at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Pawtuxet Rangers perform a musket salute at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Ptlm. Paul Wells and his partner, K9 Fox, at the start of the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Ptlm. Paul Wells and his partner, K9 Fox, at the start of the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Duke Riley of Brooklyn, NYC, heads for a good spot at the start of the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Duke Riley of Brooklyn, NYC, heads for a good spot at the start of the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] From left, Gabriella Charpentier, Toni Charpentier, and John Giordano wait for the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] From left, Gabriella Charpentier, Toni Charpentier, and John Giordano wait for the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Fromleft, Kailey Kilduff, Hailey Heal, Victoria Hawkins and Madison Bartkiewicz wait for the start of the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Fromleft, Kailey Kilduff, Hailey Heal, Victoria Hawkins and Madison Bartkiewicz wait for the start of the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] At right, Amy Beausoleil, in pink waits for the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade with her son (white T-shirt) Sonny, daughter- in-law Bella and their son,
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] At right, Amy Beausoleil, in pink waits for the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade with her son (white T-shirt) Sonny, daughter- in-law Bella and their son.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] At left, Tom Walsh parks his scooter as Erin Walsh and Alison O'Donnel watch from the roof of Noon Design at the start of the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] At left, Tom Walsh parks his scooter as Erin Walsh and Alison O’Donnel watch from the roof of Noon Design at the start of the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
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[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] From left, Rep. Joseph McNamara, (D-Dist.19), US Rep. David Cicilline, (D-RI) US Rep. Jim Langevin, (D-RI) and US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) walk together during the 2017 Gaspee Day Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] From left, House Majority Leader K. Joseph Shekarchi, Rep. Joseph Solomon Jr., D-Dist. 22) Senate Majority leader Michael J. McCaffrey (D-Dist. 29, Warwick), in the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] From left, House Majority Leader K. Joseph Shekarchi, Rep. Joseph Solomon Jr., D-Dist. 22) Senate Majority leader Michael J. McCaffrey (D-Dist. 29, Warwick), in the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.
Rob Borkowski
Author: Rob Borkowski

Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at [email protected] with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.

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