Gaspee Days Committee, a civic-minded nonprofit organization that operates many community events in and around Pawtuxet Village, including the famous Gaspee Days Parade each June.

Near daylight on June 10th, the Rhode Islanders set fire to the Gaspee, burning her to the waterline whereupon her powder magazine exploded. Efforts of the Crown to learn the names of the culprits …

But have you ever wondered why we know it as the "Gaspee Affair" rather than simply the "Burning of the Gaspee?" It’s because that spark that started the American Revolution had little to do with the …

Why is the Gaspee incident still famous in Rhode Island history, with June 9th celebrated as Gaspee Day? We can find the answers to these questions in a story that begins in 1763, almost ten years …

The Gaspee was an armed schooner commanded by Lieutenant Dudingston, an insolent, overbearing individual. His great delight in life was to make existence miserable for Rhode Island craft, large and …

These events are all designed to commemorate the 1772 burning of the hated British revenue schooner, HMS Gaspee, by Rhode Island patriots as America's 'First Blow for Freedom' TM. Our historical …

This page contains only the archives and the history of the Gaspee Days Committee itself or of commemorative items and markers. For the website about the history of the Gaspee Affair that we …

These events are all designed to commemorate the 1772 burning of the hated British revenue schooner, HMS Gaspee, by Rhode Island patriots as America's 'First Blow for Freedom' TM.

The Gaspee Days Observance, initiated in 1966 by David Stackhouse and others, is held annually for a two-week period in late May and early June to commemorate that famous act of defiance.

These events are all designed to commemorate the 1772 burning of the hated British revenue schooner, HMS Gaspee, by Rhode Island patriots as America's 'First Blow for Freedom' TM. Our historical …