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May 23, 2008

Weekend: Memorial Day events and first WaterFire

There's plenty happening around Rhode Island this Memorial Day weekend -- whether it be a solemn ceremony, a weekend escape or a mix of both.

In historic Bristol, a wreath-laying ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow at the Veterans Home, 9 Court St., at noon. On Monday, Bristol's formal Memorial Day ceremony will include a parade on Hope Street. There will be a plaque and wreath-laying for Bernard "Butch" Almeida, whose status was recently changed from Missing in Action to Killed in Action.

In Cranston tomorrow, a ceremony will be at Pocasset Cemetery, Dyer Avenue, Cranston, at 10 am. Coffee will be served after the ceremony at Sprague Mansion, Cranston Street.

On Sunday in Charlestown, the parade forms at noon and steps off at 1 p.m. from the intersection of Route 1A and Ridgewood Road, traveling down Old Post Road to Fort Neck Road, where participants board buses to Ninigret Park for a ceremony there.

See projo.com's full listing of Memorial Day ceremonies.

It's also the weekend that begins beach season. Check out projo.com's guide and map for that.

In Providence, meanwhile, the season's first WaterFire is slated for tomorrow night.
Tradition holds that each WaterFire begins at sunset. Tomorrow that's 8:08 p.m.

Can't witness WaterFire tomorrow night? Ten more lightings are scheduled over the summer.

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 7:00 PM | Permalink

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