EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WJAR) — East Greenwich kicked off the first event of their year long 350th anniversary celebration on Saturday with the East Greenwich Heritage Festival.
East Greenwich officially turns 350-years-old in October 2027.
“Today begins the year of the 350th anniversary of the town of East Greenwich,” said EG350 Committee Chair Matt Carcieri. “East Greenwich has an incredibe history, its actually the first master-planned town in the nation and it played a huge outsized role for the nation in the Revolutionary War.”
The festival began at 10 a.m. at Academy Field and Swift Community Center…