Gaspee Days Parade 2025: Historic Scenes, No Kings
By: Rob Borkowski on June 17, 2025 in News to You, Arts & Entertainment, Good Times
CRANSTON, RI — Saturday’s No Kings rallies in Rhode Island coincided with Warwick’s OG No Kings protest, Gaspee Days, with Gaspee Days 5K and the 59th Gaspee Days parade, drawing spectators […]
Gaspee Days Parade 2024 Photos: Spectacles, Music, Booms
By: Rob Borkowski on June 11, 2024 in Uncategorized
WARWICK, RI — The 58th Gaspee Days parade proceeded under clear weather in the mid 70s, with spectacles, music and booms from musket and cannon fire for spectators among the […]
Gaspee Days 2022: America’s ‘First Blow for Freedom’
By: Warwick Post Staff on June 9, 2022 in Good Times
Warwick, RI — Rhode Island celebrates its daring lead role in the Revolutionary War with Gaspee Days in Pawtuxet Village this weekend, honoring “The First Blow for Freedom,” the 1772 […]
Gaspee Days Parade 2018: Off With A Bang
By: Rob Borkowski on June 11, 2018 in Good Times
WARWICK, RI — The 2018 Gaspee Days Parade got a late start at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday as temperatures began to climb into the 80s, creating a perfect atmosphere for people […]
Your Guide to Gaspee Days 2018: America’s ‘First Blow for Freedom’
By: Rob Borkowski on June 8, 2018 in Good Times
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.
Video: Gaspee Day Parade 2017 Highlights
By: Rob Borkowski on June 18, 2017 in Good Times
On Saturday, June 10, Warwick celebrated “The First Blow for Freedom,” the 1772 burning of the HMS Gaspee by a rebellious band of Rhode Islanders, commemorated every year with Gaspee Day events, including the Gaspee Day Parade.
Gaspee Days Parade 2016: Patriotic, Full of Frolic
By: Beth Hurd on June 11, 2016 in Good Times
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.
Gaspee Days Parade 2014: Video Highlights
By: Rob Borkowski on June 16, 2014 in Good Times, News to You
Warwick Post has your answer, whether you’re hoping to glimpse some of the parade or just trying to describe it to friends: Warwick Post caught some highlights from the percussive spectacle and we’re sharing them with you.
Gaspee Days Parade 2014: Sights and Sounds
By: Rob Borkowski on June 14, 2014 in Good Times, News to You, Uncategorized
The 49th Annual Gaspee Days Parade started with a bang, and kept up the percussive momentum as a string of spectacles marched past throngs along Narragansett Parkway Saturday morning.