Westerly Columbus Day
October 8th, 2007 by 
Dan'l
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From the front page of ‘The Day’ region.
“The Ancient Mariners of Connecticut, a fife and drum corps, wait to join the marchers in the Westerly Columbus Day Parade on Sunday. From left are, Steve Chomka of Cumberland, R.I., Bill Fagen of Killingworth and John Greenhalgh of Westerly.”
“…The Ancient Mariners of Connecticut, a fife and drum corps, was one of the crowd favorites.
Dressed as sailors from the War of 1812, they occasionally shot a small cannon during their march. One of the members, Dan Woodford, played the part of a prisoner. He would fall to the ground at the sound of the cannon and John Greenhalgh dragged him a few feet down the street by his handcuffs…” Photo by Adena Stevens.
And a good day was had by all.
October 9th, 2007 at 10:48 am
Small cannon??? What were they expecting? Sounds like the writer was having a tough time finding the appropriate adjective.
October 10th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
“a few feet”??? I bet it would feel like a hell of a lot more than that if it were the writer being dragged down the street by his handcuffs.