LC350 OPENING CEREMONIES 
Saturday, August 9, 2025, 11:00AM
Richmond’s Field, 85 South of the Commons Road, Little Compton, RI
This event is free and open to the public!

Opening ceremonies for LC350 will be held on Saturday, August 9th at 11:00AM in the tent at Richmond’s Field, South of Commons Road, Little Compton, R.I.  Included in the festivities will be a short Ecumenical Service and the reading of the Unity Prayer, the CROWNING OF THE QUEEN Sydney Tynan (the oldest lady in Little Compton), as well as her court Fran Wilbur and Anita Smith, special performances by the Goulart Family Singers,  presentation of 350 homemade cupcakes by Kristine Gagnon Aguiar, and the singing of Happy Birthday Little Compton, the opening of the TIME CAPSULE from 1975, and distribution of items within it.

The Navy Northeast band will perform following the ceremonies, offering some of the music composed by our Parade Marshall and Amb. J. William Middendorf II was the former 62nd Secretary to the Navy and 3x Ambassador to Netherlands, OAS (31 South American countries) and the European Union.

Courtesy of the Sakonnet Golf Club, Onshore Brewing will be supplying coffee and coffee drinks. The Sausage Guy and Greenwood chicken will have food for purchase.