Gaspee Days: Celebrating Freedom’s First Blow
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Musket fire was a regular thrill for spectators during the 2021 Gaspee Day Parade.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Gaspee-Day-Parade-2021-15-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Not long after the 1772 burning of the HMS Gaspee by a daring band of Rhode Islanders, newspaper accounts of the deed reached Col. George Washington at Mount Vernon, […]
Burning of the Gaspee
![[CREDIT: Office of Rep. McNamara] State Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19) speaks during an announcement of a renewed Gaspee search at the Aspray Boat House.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Gaspee-Search-Renewed-McNamara-140x140.png)
Gaspee Search Renewed by RI Marine Archaeology Project
WARWICK, RI — Local and international officials marked the 250th anniversary of the burning of the HMS Gaspee May 10 at Aspray Boat House in Pawtuxet Village with news that […]
Gaspee Committee Marks 250th Anniversary May 10
WARWICK, RI — Local and international officials will mark the 250th anniversary of the burning of the HMS Gaspee on May 10 at 11 a.m. at the Aspray Boat House in […]
Your Guide to Gaspee Days 2018: America’s ‘First Blow for Freedom’
Celebrate RI’s lead role in the Revolutionary War Gaspee Days weekend honoring the 1772 burning of the HMS Gaspee starting with a 5K and parade Saturday.
![[CREDIT: Beth Hurd] Members of the Lexington Minutemen emerge from the smoke of their recently fired muskets, walking along the red, white and blue-striped Gaspee Days parade route on Saturday, June 11.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Gaspee_parade-2016_03-140x140.jpg)
Gaspee Days Parade 2016: Patriotic, Full of Frolic
One unintended consequence of the recent state-wide tourism debacle was to shed a spotlight on a local annual celebration known to almost all natives of Rhode Island: the annual Gaspee Days Parade, held on Saturday, June 11.
Your Guide to Celebrating RI’s ‘First Blow for Freedom’: Gaspee Days 2016
Warwick, RI — You can work up your patriotism during Gaspee Days in Pawtuxet this weekend celebrating “The First Blow for Freedom,” the 1772 burning of the HMS Gaspee by […]
