This Year, Gaspee Days is About Both New and Old
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This weekend marks the 47th annual Gaspee Days celebration and organizers of the three-day event, which includes a parade, fireworks, road race, and much, much more, are ready. Are you? "It's such a tradition in Rhode Island," said Erin Flynn, a member of the Gaspee Days Committee. "People are getting excited. It's a family tradition that goes on every year, people come home to see their friends and family—and that's just a cool byproduct of of planning a parade." Gaspee Days is a celebration about the spark that ignited the American Revolution and the firecely independent spirit that defines the American psyche. The H.M.S. Gaspee was a British ship used as part of Britain's crusade to tax the colonies and intercept the smuggling trade …
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