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Located at the point where the Pawtuxet River flows into Narragansett Bay is a section of both Warwick and Cranston, Rhode Island is an area called Pawtuxet Village.
PAWTUXET (a river and village means "Little Falls" in the native language, the Sononoce Pawtuxet tribe, part of the larger from Narragansett Indian nation, who used the area as a feasting ground Pawtuxet Cove, and originally occupied this area.
Pawtuxet Cove, called Fiddlers Rest, meaning the resting place of ships, was a good harbor. The water was deep and Pawtuxet Neck made good protection for vessels. In 1636 Roger Williams received his grant of land from the Indians. There is a marker at the Cranston end of Pawtuxet Bridge.
The Village of Pawtuxet is historic in that its the oldest village in New England and is one of the very few villages that span two communities - the Cities of Warwick and Cranston. Founded in 1638, it is the site of the 1772 burning of the H.M.S. Gaspee - the first armed conflict of the American Revolution.
For the past 44 years the village of Pawtuxet, RI has commemorated this act with our annual Gaspee Days Celebration. It is its proudest tradition Gaspee Days are a series of events in Pawtuxet, with the Gaspee Parade and commemorating the Burning of HMS Gaspee, the much hated British revenue schooner, that took place on Pawtuxet waters in June of 1772 by Rhode Island patriots - brave colonists
It was the first attack against the British in American colonies, a year before the Boston Tea Party, the first step towards the War of Independence. Hence the burning of Gaspee is often referred to as America's First Blow for Freedom and, naturally, the people of Pawtuxet (and of Rhode Island in general) are very proud of it. This has become recognized as the first overt action leading to the American Revolutionary War.
GASPEE DAYS EVENTS
Gaspee Days Colonial Encampment
Friday Night, June 12th
All Day, Saturday, June 13th
Sunday Morning, June 14th
Pawtuxet Park, Narragansett Parkway, Warwick
Encampment gives visitors a feel for colonial military life.
Dozens of Militia camp out for the weekend in authentic Revolutionary style.
Hosted by the Pawtuxet Rangers,RIM.
Gaspee Days Fireworks Extravaganza
Friday, June 12th at dusk (9 pm ish)
Salter's Grove Park, Narragansett Parkway, Warwick
Courtesy of the City of Warwick
A recreation, of sorts, of the fireworks that went off when the ship's powder
magazine blew up after Colonists burned the Gaspee in 1772.
5K Gaspee Days Road Race Allan & Edna Brown
Saturday,June 13, 2009At 9:45 a.m.
begins on Broad Street at the corner of Chiswick Road, Cranston.
check-in is at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center on Broad Street
44th Annual Gaspee Days Parade
Saturday, June 13th at 10:00 am
Along Narragansett Parkway, Warwick into Broad Street, Cranston
Colonial fife & drum corps, Civil War era units, modern day drum & bugle corps, & much more!
The Mummers are the grand finale unit.
The forecast for the 2009 Parade is: sunny and clear!
MUMMERS
Gaspee Days Sunday in the Park
Sunday, June 14th Noon to 3:00 pm
Pawtuxet Park, Narragansett Parkway, Warwick
Music by The Arthur Medeiros Orchestra 12:30 to 3 pm
Please bring your own pic-a-nic basket
Gaspee Days Military Maneuvers & Uniform Fashion Show
Sunday, June 14th at 3 pm
Pawtuxet Park, Narragansett Parkway, Warwick
Those pesky Redcoats and the Patriots
Preceded by the Revolutionary War era uniform fashion show
wherein our Colonial Combatants strut their stuff on the boardwalk.
The Burning of the Gaspee
Sunday, June 14th at 4:00 pm
Pawtuxet Park Cove, Narragansett Parkway, Warwick
Ending the Gaspee Days Festivities, the symbolic burning of the ship that
sparked the American Revolution.
Please join us as we celebrate America's 'First Blow for Freedom.
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