Where we live in Rhode Island, there is history everywhere. This post is found was found in Pawtuxet, a village in Warwick, Rhode Island. This is where the Gaspee Day Parade passes every year, remembering the first flames of the American Revolution in 1772. 

Pawtuxet Post

Pawtuxet PostThe remaining nails from multitudes of bills nailed to a post in the Warwick, Rhode Island village of Pawtuxet.

In Pawtuxet, a village old,
A post with nails stands tall and bold.
The bills of yore, their marks remain,
A silent witness to history's reign.

From fairs and parades, the bills were hung,
Perhaps even the meeting where Gaspee was stung.
A whisper of the past, the nails impart,
A glimpse of life before the present start.

So let us pause at this historic post,
And ponder the tales that it has engrossed.
Of gatherings and celebrations grand,
Of a community that stood hand in hand.

May the nails of Pawtuxet forever rust,
A reminder of our past, a living trust.

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