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, […]
Gaspee Days
Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Starts Saturday
WARWICK, RI — The Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival treats crowds to the food and wares of more than 100 art, craft and food vendors when its annual Narragansett […]
![[CREDIT: Gaspee Days] More than 50 children signed up for a past Gaspee Days Walking Tour. This year, only 25 signed up.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gapee-Days-Walking-Tour-1-140x140.jpg)
Gaspee Days Walking Tour Called Off, Too Few Signups
WARWICK, RI — The Gaspee Days Walking Tour, the usual kickoff point for Gaspee Day events starring students garbed in period attire, telling the stories of colonial Pawtuxet Village, has […]
Gaspee Days 2022: America’s ‘First Blow for Freedom’
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 […]
![[CREDIT: WarwickPost File Photo] Crowds walk Narragansett Parkway during the 2015 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival. The festival returns this weekend, one of many events in the Warwick Weekend lineup.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Gaspee-Days-Arts-And-Crafts-Festival-Warwick-Weekend-140x140.jpg)
Warwick Weekend: 20 Ways to Have Fun Around Warwick
WARWICK, RI — The first Warwick Weekend of fall is here and it’s chock-full of great events, so grab a friend or your family and check out all the amazing […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Kevin McCarthy and his daughter, Asliyna Sollitto,6, watch the 2021 Gaspee Day Parade Saturday, June 12.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Gaspee-Day-Parade-2021-6-140x140.jpg)
Gaspee Days Parade: Returned
WARWICK, RI — It was supposed to rain, but by the time the Gaspee Days Parade started rolling just before 11 a.m. Saturday, the atmosphere was sunny and upbeat along […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Pawtuxet Rangers at the 2017 Gaspee Days Parade.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/GaspeeParade_17_8-140x140.jpg)
All Gaspee Days Events Canceled Due to COVID-19
The 55th Gaspee Days celebration has been canceled, including all its annual events due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Gaspee Days Committee announced Sunday.
![[CREDIT:Rob Borkowski] Runners start off for the Gaspee Days 5K Saturday, June 10, 2018.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gaspee-Day-5K-2018-2-140x140.jpg)
Gaspee Days 5K 2018: Results, Photos
The Gaspee Days 5K enjoyed high 70s temps as runners sporting smiles and determined gazes crossed the finish line at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet Saturday .
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Gloucester Light Infantry Military Militia fire their muskets at the start of the Gaspee Days Parade June 9, 2018.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gaspee-Days-Parade-2018-19-140x140.jpg)
Gaspee Days Parade 2018: Off With A Bang
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’
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.
Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Festival Returns This Weekend
The Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival will treat crowds to the food and wares of more than 100 art, craft and food vendors for its 53rd annual celebration along Narragansett Parkway this coming Memorial Day weekend.
Subscribers Aid Warwick Post’s Graduate, Budget Coverage
Three years after WarwickPost.com’s launch on April 20, 2014, a combination of subscribers and advertisers helped the site beef up its budget coverage of the 2017 budget hearings, and aided our effort to expand school reporting to the 2017 public high school graduations.
