Gaspee Days Parade 2016: Patriotic, Full of Frolic
![[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://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Gaspee_parade-2016_03-140x140.jpg)
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.
