Gaspee Days 5K

Gaspee Days 5K 2017: Results, Photos

 By: Rob Borkowski on June 10, 2017 in Good Times

The 52nd annual Gaspee Days 5K enjoyed weather in the 70s, a little warmer than the ideal for long-distance runners, but members of the 1,487 strong field sported smiles as they finished to the cheers of friends and announcers.

[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.

Your Guide to Gaspee Days 2017

 [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. By: Rob Borkowski on June 9, 2017 in Good Times

It’ll be about a month before the rest of the nation celebrates American Independence on July 4, but Warwick gets a head start, just like it’s done since the burning of the Gaspee, which preceded the Boston Tea Party in 1773 by more than a year.