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CHIEF MARSHAL’S DIVISION

Bristol Police Cruisers Bristol Police Color Guard

Kevin Lynch, Chief - Bristol Police Department

Bristol Police Officers
Bristol Fire Department Color Guard

Michael A. DeMello, Chief - Bristol Fire Department

Bristol Engine 4-2024 Spartan / Smeal Pumper

Bristol Fire and Rescue Board of Engineers

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Bristol Fire Department

“Bristol Fourth of July 239th Celebration”

Banner Carriers: George Gatos, Wyatt Scarborough and Tyler Cormack

Michael Rielly, Town Crier Bristol Train of Artillery, R.I.M. 1776 Colonel Raymond B. Murray Bristol Train of Artillery, R.I.M. 1776,

18 Wheeler

Mt. Hope High School Band Banner

Mt. Hope High School Marching Band

2024 Chief Marshals

Banner Carriers: Max Magilton and Mason Magilton

Chief Marshals Rick and Patti Baccus

Chief of Staff David Cioe

Chief of Staff Cathy Keighley

Chief Aide Emily Gray

Chief Aide Joey Blacic

Chief Aide Dawn Blacic

Chief Aide Ron Blacic

Chief Aide Aaron Gray

Chief Aide Elizabeth Gray

Chief Aide Donna Husband

Chief Aide Richard Husband

Chief Aide Jim Rotsart

Chief Aide Sue Rotsart

Military Aide Capt.ain Dick Devault - United States Navy (Ret.)

Military Aide Wally Coelho - United States Army

Military Aide Deacon Scott Brown - Chief Chaplain

Military Aide Ray Hassell - United States Army

Ford Thunderbird - Driver: Andrew Giovannini

Honorary Chief Aide Kailynn Breezee

Honorary Military Aide Tyler Busscher, Specialist - United States Army

Honorary Military Aide Keegan Breezee, Senior Airman - United States Air Force

Civilian Aides

Andre H. Faria, Jr., Elizabeth Faria, Gilbert Fontes, Steven Curria, Manuel Benevides, Timothy Pray, Roger Belmore, R Andrew Benn, Jayson Nystrom, Barry Fontaine, Jr., Robert Hopkins, Renato Ramos, Lance Ratkoski, Corey Jacques, Charles Vecoli, Steven Wojcik, Paula Cioe, Lynn Hassell, Jeff Brackett, Ken Soares, Brian Johnson, Sue Joinson, Mark Felag, Bruce A. Palumbo, Trisha Cavalieri, James McCallum, Karen Westcott, Bill Westcott, Lisa Lagarto, Steven Lagarto, Donna Bergeron, Mich Myette, Valerie S. Oliver, Michael J. Oliver, Maggy Potris, Al Thornton, Amy Higgins, Lisa O’Brien, Beth Babbitt, Erin Babbitt, Mary Lee Courtney, Deborah Fisher, Frank Giordano, Terri Gootee, Brian Gootee, Lenny Babbitt

Photographer / Mobile Water Station

Nat Squatrito, Kym Januario / Kerry Resendes and Alex Teixeira - walkers

Bristol County Fifes & Drums

Banner Carriers: Trinity Ackerman, Delaney Flynn and Josephine Duarte

Bristol County Fifes & Drums

Bristol Fourth of July Committee Banner Carriers: Brielle Cook and Abigail Mello Camille Teixeira, Chairman

Yellow Mustang - Bristol Fourth of July Committee Officers

Driver: Ricky Roderick

Ana Motta, Vice Chairman / Parade Chairman

Dudley Hallagan, Treasurer, 2010 Chief Marshal”

Deb Rainey, Recording Secretary Patty Squatrito, Corresponding Secretary

2024 Patriotic Speaker

Banner Carriers: Audry O’Donnell, Sophie O’Donnell and Summer O’Brien

Brigadier General (Ret.), Greg Ebner

2024 Hattie Brown Award Recipient Rayona Clemens

White Audi - Owners Kevin & Lori Mansi, Driver - Kevin Mansi

Bristol Town Officials

Banner Carriers: Olivia Purdy and Kendal Chaves

Steve Contente - Town Administrator & 2023 Chief Marshal

Melissa Cordeiro, Town Clerk

Nathan T. Calouro, Town Council Chairman

Mary A. Parella, Town Council Vice Chairwoman & 1995 Chief Marshal

Antonio “Tony”” Teixeira, Town Council Member & 2012 Chief Marshal

Timothy E. Sweeney, Town Council Member

Aaron Ley, Town Council Member

Mobile Water Station Provided by Reliable Pest

R.I. State Leaders

Banner Carriers: Brody Siembab and Susan Sylvia

Rhode Island State Police
Dan McKee, Governor
Sabina Matos, Lt. Governor
R.I. General Assembly
Walter S. Felag Jr., Senator District 10 Linda Ujifusa, Senator District 11 Pamela Lauria, Senator District 32

June Speakman, Representative District 68

Susan R. Donovan, Representative District 69

Members of Congress
The Honorable John F. Reed, U.S. Senator

The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator

The Honorable Gabe Amo, 1st Congressional District”

The Honorable Seth Magaziner, 2nd Congressional District”

State Officials
Peter Neronha, Attorney General Gregg Amore, Secretary of State

The Kentish Guards Marching Band

Banner Carriers: Sawyer Bove, Jasyri Goldstein and Kinley Ferreira”

Float: “Garden Theme”

The Bristol July 4th Pageant Committee Skyla Silvia, Miss Fourth of July 2024

Samantha Malafronte, First Runner-up Victoria Almeida, Second Runner-up Claire DeBlois, Third Runner-up Beilah Texeira, Fourth Runner-up Riley McGinn - Little Miss Fourth

of July 2024
Camille Castigliego - First Runner-up Ella Benevides - Second Runner-up

Float: Orange Crate Derby

Albert Leach, 1st Place Landon Vermilyea, 2nd Place Julia Pisasale, 3rd Place Abby Winsor, 4th Place Quinn Giarrusso, Best Looking Car

Mobile Water Station - Elaine Rusk / Gena Campbell

Walkers: Heidi

Malibu Girl and Boy
Pink AMC - Driver: Barbara Gautieri

Portuguese Independent Band Club

Banner Carriers: Aiyla Sequeira and Logan Curria”

2024 Button Contest Winners

Raymond Levesque, 2024 Button Contest, Overall Winner - Grades K-5

Savannah Bertrand, 2024 Button Contest - Grades 6-8

Past Chief Marshals
Robert Rondeau - 1989 Chief Marshal

Red 2019 Chevy Camaro - Driver: Jordan Feijo

Hildeberto “Herbie” Moitoso - 1999 Chief Marshal

Lexus - Driver: Kevin Moitoso

Oryann Lima & Raymond Cordeiro, 2003 Chief Marshals

Gray Volkswagen Beetle - Driver: Frances Dutelle

Fralinger String Band, Philadelphia, Pa.

Banner Carriers: Hatham Sauve and Andrew Moran

Bristol Warren Regional School District

Ana C. Riley , Superintendent of Schools

Nicky Piper, Chairperson - Bristol Warren Regional School District

Tara Thibaudeau, Bristol Warren Regional School District

Jessica Almeida, Treasurer, Bristol Warren Regional School District

Kyle Jackson, Bristol Warren Regional School District

Adam McGovern, Bristol Warren Regional School District

Kickemuit Middle School - Science Olympiad Team - State Champions

Knights of Columbus

R.I. State Council Knights of Columbus & State Officers

Joe Carrigan, State Deputy

Eric Batista, State Secretary Knights of Columbus”

PJ Shea, State Treasurer Mark Paul, State Warden

David Bebyn, Immeidate Past State Deputy

Victor Silva, State Master of the Knights

of Columbus Fourth Degree

Warren Rensehausen, Warren District Deputy

Richard Silvia, Warren District Deputy Jack Tracy, Warren District Deputy Al Nunes, Warren District Deputy

Ed Carusi, Grand Knight of Bristol Council 379

Bristol’s Clergy
Banner Carriers: Ivan Nelson Bishop Richard G. Henning, DD, STD

Diocese of Providence

Reverend Henry P. Zinno, Jr., Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church & St. Mary’s Church

Reverend Vander S. Martins, St. Elizabeth’s Church

“Rev. Nancy Soukup, First Congregational Church

Pastor Michael Del Tatto, First Baptist Church of Bristol

Uncle Sam’s Patriotic Jazz Band

Banner Carriers: Mia Cabral and Paige Machado”

Warren Town Officials
Brian Sullivan, Warren Town Manager John W. Hanley, President Steven Calenda, Vice President Joseph DePasquale
Keri Cronin
P. Brandt Heckert

Float: “Through the Years,” Coggeshall Farm

Parade Solicitation

Elmo (Party Character of RI - walker) Bluey (Party Character of RI - walker) Elvis - Robert Black Entertainment

East Bay Warriors
- State Champions 2023

Float: King Phillip Little League

2023 Ron Silva Tournament Champions & 11U District Champions

DIVISION 1 MILITARY DIVISION

Banner Carriers: Jonathan Banville and Saige Watkinson

USMC Color Guard Detachment, Naval Station, Newport, RI

Division Marshal: Preston William Perroni, Airman First Class, United States
Air Force

Mobile Water Station - Lisa Fisher /

Jerry Squarito / John Desautel (6)

USMC Detachment Naval Station Newport

SSGT Cassandra Donke, USMC

Navy Division Marshal: Capt.. Henry Roenke, USN Commanding Officer - Naval Station Newport

CDR Janet Broome USN Commanding Officer

USS Marinette, LCS25

Capt. Austin Duff USN, Commanding Officer - Training Command

Officer Training Command/ SWOS

LT. David Harbuziuk - Director, Navy Band NE

Navy Band Northeast, NAVSTANPT

Capt. Jason Warner, USN, Commanding Officer

Navy Supply Corps School Command, NAVSTANPT

LCDR Tyler Kelley USCG

USCGC William Chadwick (WPC-1150)

BMC Will Parris, USCG, Officer-in-Charge, Bristol Aid to Navigation

U.S. Coast Guard Truck with 26’ Boat

Mobile Water Station - John Larson / Bobby Squatrito

“The Governor’s Own” 88th RI National Guard Army Band

East Greenwich, RI - LTC Michael P. Jolin

R.I. Army National Guard

Division Marshal Col. John MacDonald, RIARNG, Commander,
56th Troop Command

56th Troop Command, RIARNG

5 Ton truck w/ Bristol Battery C Members pulling Howitzer

RIARNG HUMVEE
JEEP BG Richard Valente, RIANG (Ret)

R.I. Air National Guard

Division Marshal Col. Edward Ouellette, Jr. Members, 143rd Air Lift Wing, RIANG RIANG Wheeled Vehicle

Blue Star Mothers
Golf Cart for Blue Star Mothers

Float: Rhode Island Fisheries Center “Fishermen Feed Rhode Island”

Mountainview Clydesdales

Division 2 - Veterans Division

Banner Carriers: Marielle Guertin and Sadie Bott

Warren Police Department Warren Police Department - Motorcycles

Ford Black F150, Warren Police Department

Division Marshal: Steve Skuba, Petty 2nd Class - US Navy (Ret.)

“Operation Stand Down RI/Boots on the Ground”

Dedicated to the Gold Star Families of Rhode Island

Marine Corps League - Somerset, MA Andrew Robinson, Jr. Vice Commandant

Gold Star Family of Lance Corporal, John J. VanGyzen

Jane VanGysen - Gold Star Mother Float: Mystic Pipes & Drums, Mystic, CT

Uncle Sam
1975 Buick LaSabra, Driver - Ken Butler

Chase and Skye (Party Characters of RI) - walkers

Mobile Water Station - Sara Soboleski / Nina McCarthy

Walker: Tara McCarthy “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier”

Saints Brigade Drum & Bugle Corps

Banner Carriers: Cassidy Kristopik and Bristol Martins”

Captain America & Spiderman (Party Characters of RI) - walkers

Eric “Duke” Dukat, National Council Representative

VFW Post 4487 - Middletown

Military Women Across the Nation - Unit 118

Red 2013 Dodge Ram - Driver: Gina Marie Doherty

Arthur Medeiros, World War II Combat Infantryman (Machine Gunner), Purple Heart

Driver: Mary Lou Taboada

Roger Desjardins, U.S. Army - Private 1st Class, World War II Heavy Machine Gunner - South Pacific

Ford Mustang - Driver: Army Veteran - Billy Mojkowski

Thomas Dailey, Sgt First Class (Ret.) Army Silver Porche - Driver: Steven Wheat

Float: “Military Personnel Who Died in Vietnam:

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 273 Vietnam Veterans

Maj. Vincent J. Cifizzari (Ret. U.S. Army) - Founder of the Massachusetts Medal of Liberty Committee of Milford, MA

VEHICLE Gold Toyota Camry

Float: “Home Sweet Home In Bristol”

Hot Tamales Brass Band

Float: “Blackships Festival”

Japan American Society & Blackship Festival of RI Inc.

Jewish War Veterans of The United States

Evan Boruch Kerner, Department Commander

Steven H. Musen, Secretary (Adjutant) Murray Kaplan
John Adams

VEHICLE Blue 2017 Ford Mustang - Driver: John Adams

U.S. Submarine Veterans RI Base Charles Mueller, Base Commander USSU1 Jay Grey, RI Base Commander USSVI

Truck pulling model of USS Providence (SSN 719) Los Angeles Class Submarine

Boy and Girl Mouse & Friends

Elsa, Ariel and Belle - Dreams Come True Princesses

Float and band: Crushed Velvet

Sonic (Party Character of RI - walker)

Mobile Water Station - Diane Nelson and Dan Fryer (walker)

GreenTree Healthcare

Division 3 - Freedom & Independence

Division Marshal: Retired Deputy Fire Chief, Jim Vieira

Red 1958 Corvette - Driver: Kenneth Fardie

Joseph Case High School, Swansea, MA

U11 and U12 Bristol Youth Soccer Association - Girls Soccer State Champions

Coaches: Nick Overy and Seth Taylor

Rhode Island FC - Professional Men’s Soccer Team

Harbor Seal Mascot - Chip

2016 Blue Jeep Wrangler - Driver: Stefanie Caliri

East End Theatre & Performing Arts

White Dodge Ram, East End Theatre & Performing Arts

Float: “Fourth of July, Red, White & Blue” Comedy Bus

Mobile Water Station

Float: “Portuguese Castle”

Rancho Folclorico Clube Social Portuguese Club, Pawtucket, RI

Float: Rhode Island Day of Portugal

2014 Gray Jeep Wrangler - Driver: Orlando Mateus

2011 Black Chevy Camaro - Driver: Jose Antonio

Worcester Sound & Lights Carousel Band Organ

Shriners
Scouts of America - Troop 55 Riverside, RI

Veronica Robles Mariachi Internacionale Di Boston

“American Parkinson Disease Association RI Chapter

Led by Michelle Mach, R.I. Chapter Coordinator

Float: “4th of July Swim School”

Safe Splash Swim School - West Warwick, RI

Marlborough Jr Ancient Fife & Drum

Mobile Water Station - Karren Boardman, Ed Boardman & Steve Ricci

Chinese Lion Dancers

Lite 105 VAN - Mary Ellen Kachinske, Operations Manager

Float: “Independence with Beauty & Peace”

Falun Dafa Association of Rhode Island A-Team Tribute Van

Mystery Machine - Scooby Doo Tribute Van

Empowered Movement (walkers / dancers)

Bristol Christmas Committee - Christmas In July

Float: “America’s Long History of Fire Fighting”

Rumford Fire Brigade

1952 Mack “L” Model Fire Truck (N. Providence) - owned by Mayor Lombardi

1952 Sterling/White chain drive tractor - owned by Pingitore Family

1957 Ward LaFrance “Providence” - owned by Richard Quetta

1964 White Model 4400 - TD Tractor - owned by Dan Izzi

1968 White Model 9000 Tractor - owned by George Knight

1969 Mack DM-800 Dump Truck - owned by Henry DiLibero

1971 White Model 4000 Tractor - owned by Jim Izzi

1975 Mack CF Aerial Scope “Providence” - owned by Bill DeAngelus

1978 Mack CF Pumper, lettered “Saylesville” - owned by Darrin Gallagher

The End / Happy 4th Uncle Sam, Potato Head

Chevrolet Pickup Truck - Driver Michael MacDonough