This is a continuation of the page telling you about Gaspee Days for Bucklins

Do you need to ask the fellow in this picture for his unbiased opinion whether it is possible to have fun at Gaspee Days?  More information below ! 

Generally, if there are Bucklins at the parade, they usually group behind the official reviewing stand before the parade and then immediately after the parade --- head for the Pawtuxet Park for the Colonial Muster in which some of the major marching uniformed units participate.  Some may wear the Bucklin society patch.

• The parade is the centerpiece of the Gaspee Days celebration.  It looks and feels like a Hollywood film ideal of a small town parade.  That is, it is a small town American neighborhood atmosphere, with people sitting on their front lawns in lawn chairs to watch the colonial history parade.  But, like a Hollywood film parade, the parade is full of Revolutionary War reenactment units, bands and organizations from all sorts of places. 
• Since June, 2000, Bucklins have participated in various ceremonies. George Carroll Whipple III, host of  Whipple's World on television station NY1 in New York City, and descendant of Commodore Abraham Whipple, of Revolutionary War fame, has portrayed the Commodore in the Gaspee Days Parade.  Earl Salisbury has portrayed the Salisbury that was in the raiders.  Leonard Herbert Bucklin, the executive director of the Joseph Bucklin Society, and 6th great nephew of Joseph Bucklin, has portrayed Joseph Bucklin 4th, and Douglas Bucklin, an intellectual property lawyer from Utah, has portrayed Joseph Bucklin 5th, who fired the famous shot.--- "The first shot of the Revolution."
• Bucklins have gathered the afternoon of the parade for some getting acquainted, and an exchange of genealogical information about Bucklins.   Click here to see snapshots of Bucklins and the parade.
• Bucklins spend  time in Pawtucket viewing the Bucklin lands of 1645 into the 1700's.  See Bucklin lands.
• Other Bucklins spend time viewing the Bucklin Arcade in Providence or looking for Bucklin ancestors' graves in Newman Churchyard.
  
  
• The Gaspee parade days are a great time for Bucklins all over the country to get together,  build some interesting friendships; and add to our knowledge of Bucklin family history.  Sit and watch the parade, and on other days in Rhode Island see some of the sites of the Bucklins of 1640 to 1799 American colonial history.
  
  
• If you want to have the fun of recreating an ancestor --- you can march in the parade if you provide and wear a costume of the colonial time. You can dress anyway you want, as long as the costume is of the colonial period. Dress as a farmer (or farmer's wife) or a merchant or an admiral. Tell us of your desire at least by May l 1st.  We will arrange for you to join on of the marching units to have the fun of being in a parade that reminds you of  a Disney movie (it's that much fun).

The Gaspee Days Parade is ALWAYS on the second Saturday of June between the hours of 10 am and 1 pm. Parade line-up considerations, however, dictate that they close to traffic certain sections of the parade route by 9 am. If you are coming to watch the parade please have arrive well ahead of time, say by 9 am. Just relax and enjoy the day.

For the official information on the Rhode Island Gaspee Days (3 days), click here. 
 
                        Or click here for what is usually much the same information in another format.

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