Blessing of the Fleet
July 28, 2024 3:47 pm
• Last Updated: July 28, 2024 4:01 pm
Members of Rancho Folclorico da Igreja, based out of Hartford, perform a traditional Portuguese dance during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Lobster fisherman Geal Roderick decorates the Stacy & Geal during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Poppy DeFeitas, 3, of Stonington, checks to make sure her cardboard boat fits before marching in the parade during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The Rev. Dennis M. Perkins, pastor of St. Michael's Church in Pawcatuck, blesses a fishing boat during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Lil-Bit passes Stacy & Geal in the parade of boats during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Students from St. Michael School play along the rocks before the ceremony at the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Grand Marshal Walter Roderick lays a wreath at the Fisherman’s Memorial during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Friends and family members ride on the fishing vessel Tradition during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Visitors watch the parade during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Westerly Band perform during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of Rancho Folclorico da Igreja, based out of Hartford, perform a traditional Portuguese dance during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The Rev. Dennis M. Perkins, pastor of St. Michael's Church in Pawcatuck, blesses the Sally Maria II during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The Mystic Pipes & Drums warm up before the parade during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Nutmeg Fife and Drum Corp. get ready to march in the parade during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Harley LaBrosse, 5, adjusts ballonons on the VFW float as her sister Arianna Simson, 12, both of Stonington, looks on during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. The float was a tribute to their late grandfather Tim Medeiros, a former boat captain. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Stonington ― The annual Blessing of the Fleet took over the borough Sunday.
The day’s events started with a mass at St. Mary’s Church followed by a parade through downtown a brief service at the Fisherman’s Memorial and the parade of boats to lay the broken anchor in the water near the breakwater.
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