Gaspee Days 5K 2024: Results, Photos
![[CREDIT: Laura Paton] Tyler Shammas of Warwick nears the finish line in Saturday’s Gaspee Days 5K race, with a time of 20:32.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Gaspee-Days-5K-2024-8347-300x225.jpg)
CRANSTON, RI — The 59th annual Gaspee Days 5K enjoyed clear weather in the mid 70s, as members of the 1,741-strong field crossed the finish line at Rhodes on the […]
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![[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)
Gaspee Days: Celebrating Freedom’s First Blow
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, […]
![[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 […]
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.
Video: Gaspee Day Parade 2017 Highlights
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.
Neighbor Alerts WPD to Wheel Thief
An Gaspee neighborhood woman spotted a suspicious man moving back and forth between her neighbor’s car and another parked on Ann Mary Browne Drive at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday morning,
![[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.
Gaspee Days 5K 2016: Sights of the Times
Warwick, RI — The 51st Gaspee Days 5K is in the books, with fair weather and an ever-enthusiastic field of runners, including race men’s and women’s division winners 24-year-olds Jacob Sienko of […]
Need to Know Basics: Trash Delay, Light Snow on the Way
Warwick, RI – White stuff falls from the sky but probably won’t do much else, a documentary about the search for the Gaspee premieres and trash collection is pushed back […]
Gaspee Days Parade 2014: Video Highlights
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
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.
Found Online: Scenes from Warwick
See the photos of Warwick that people are posting online.
