Statutes > Rhode Island Statutes > Title 25 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance > CHAPTER 25-2 - Days of Special Observance > § 25-2-38 - Gaspee Days.

§ 25-2-38 - Gaspee Days.

SECTION 25-2-38

   § 25-2-38  Gaspee Days. – The second Saturday and the following Sunday of June in each and every yearshall be set aside as days to be known as "Gaspee Days" to commemorate the 1772burning of the British schooner HMS Gaspee. The days are to be observed by thepeople of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.