People to see, trees to buy

Posted 5/26/15

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People to see, trees to buy

FOUR GENERATIONS: The youngest in the family, Skye Andrew, is appropriately outfitted with a patriotic crown by her great-grandmother Mary Anne DeLonchamps at the festival as her mother, Alica Andrew, and grandmother, Tina Medeiros, admire the results.

HER OWN TREE: Robin Norton was delighted to find a fig tree at the fair. She’s anxious for it to bear fruit.

LOTS HAPPENING: Narragansett Parkway was filled with vendors, shoppers and lookers for the weekend arts and crafts fair.

PAINTED FOR THE OCCASION: Lisa Sullivan of RI Face Painting outfits McKenna LaFlamme with a painted mask. This is the second year in a row that McKenna sported a Gaspee Days mask painted by Sullivan.

Posted Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:28 pm

The Gaspee Days arts and crafts festival, a major fundraiser for the annual celebration, was blessed with three days of great weather and a large turnout on Narragansett Parkway this holiday weekend. The 50th Gaspee Days anniversary celebration continues on June 5 with a performance of the Warwick Symphony Orchestra followed by fireworks on Friday, June 5. The parade steps off June 13 and the celebration culminates the following afternoon with a symbolic burning of the Gaspee in Pawtuxet Cove.