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    Wednesday, October 30, 2024

    Blessing of the Fleet

    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    Visitors watch the parade during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    Members of the Westerly Band perform during the Blessing of the Fleet in the Stonington Borough Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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.