644. Along the Veterans Day Parade Route (3) - Drive-by
Location: Westerly, RI

1. Honoring Our Veterans
2. Waterfire at the Bridge
3. Carved in Stone/Not on a Tree: W&P

N.B. These stamp will only be available until the end of November 2016.

1. Honoring Our Veterans - Find the small park at the top of hill at the junction of route 1 and route 234 in Pawcatuck, CT. This is the first stop on our parade route for a short ceremony including a hymn and taps. Look under the metal box between the tall cedars directly behind the statue of the World War I soldier for a small rectangular flat gray stone with the purpose of our parade written on the back.

2. Waterfire at the Bridge - Find the Pawcatuck/Westerly bridge, dividing line between CT and RI, along route 1. On the CT side are several memorials and a black railing fence along the Pawcatuck River. Follow the railing south almost to its end. In the southern nook of the last tree, between the concrete border and a long southwest-tending root, is a 4" flat red rock with a colorful little waterfire on back. ( Waterfire is generally associated with Providence, RI, but we have a smaller version here in the Westerly/Pawcatuck area as well.)

3. Carved in Stone/Not on a Tree: W&P - Find the Westerly Armory, site of our final ceremonies, along Railroad Avenue toward the north end of downtown Westerly. On the north side of the armory, look in the corner below the ramp and stairs for a red pipe with a pile of stones beneath it. A 3" ice cream cone-shaped flat stone with our initials on its back sits atop the 2 front stones in the pile. (To get the actual Westerly Armory stamp, come in during any of our annual Westerly band events that are held here and just ask us where it is!)

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