>> "OUR TOWN" WESTERLY IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING PREMIER SPONSORS.

MOTT AND CHASE.

SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY, TAKING PRIDE IN REPRESENTING PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT RHODE ISLAND, SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, AND CONNECTICUT, AND UNITING BUYERS AND SELLERS.

WESTERLY HOSPITAL, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 90 YEARS, WITH FAMILY CENTERED MEDICAL CARE CLOSE TO HOME.

FREEMASONRY, A PART OF THE GREATER RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS.

TO BE ONE, ASK ONE.

AND THE FOLLOWING PATRON SPONSOR.

OCEAN HOUSE.

♪ WESTERLY RHODE ISLAND, A POSTCARD ISLANDS AT SOUTHERN POINT IN THE STATE THIS BEACHFRONT COMMUNITY BOASTS MILES OF SHORELINE AND IS HOST TO THE SUMMER COMMUNITIES OF MISQUAMICUT STATE BEACH AND WATCH HILL.

THERE MILES OF OPEN SPACE, IMPRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE, AND A REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN THAT MAKE UP THE AREA 2,000 RHODE ISLANDERS CALL HOME.

WESTERLY IS RICH IN HISTORY.

THE GRANITE INDUSTRY WAS THE CORNERSTONE OF LIFE, THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF THE TOWN, WITH MORE THAN HALF OF WESTERLY RESIDENTS MAKING THEIR LIVING WE LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND WESTERLY TODAY, THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS, THAT MAKE THIS TOWN SPECIAL TO THOSE WHO CALL WESTERLY HOME.

IT IS THEIR VISION, THEIR VOICE.

THIS IS "OUR TOWN" WESTERLY.

♪ >> JOSHUA BABCOCK WAS BORN IN WESTERLY IN 1707.

HIS GRANDFATHERS, JOHN BABCOCK AND TOBIAS SAUNDERS, WERE TWO OF THE FOUR ENGLISH SETTLERS HERE IN 16 621.

>> JOSHUA BABCOCK AT THIS HOUSE IN 1734.

HE WAS THE FIRST RHODE ISLAND TO GRADUATE FROM YALE.

>> JOSH WHAT WAS WESTERLY'S FIRST PHYSICIAN, AND HE RAN A LARGE FARM, MAINTAINED A SMALL RETAIL STORE, I WAS A CLOSE FRANKLIN, WHO WAS A VISITOR IN THIS HOUSE.

>> THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE HAS LIGHTNING PROTECTORS, LONG RODS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INVENTED.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL BUT THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL BUT THERE THE STYLE OF WHAT FRANKLIN HAD GIVEN DR. BABCOCK TO PUT ON THE HOUSE.

>> THERE ARE FOUR FEATURES OF THIS HOUSE, WHICH MAKE IT CONSIDERED A MANSION IN THE COLONIAL ERA.

THE FIRST IS THE WIDTH OF THE FLOORBOARDS.

WIDE LUMBER BELONGED TO THE KING FOR SHIP BUILDING, AND YOU HAD TO BE SOMEONE IMPORTANT TO HAVE WHITE FLOORBOARDS IN YOUR HOUSE -- WIDE FLOORBOARDS IN YOUR HOUSE.

THE SECOND IS THE HEIGHT OF THE CEILINGS.

IN THE COLONIAL ERA, PEOPLE WERE SHORTER AND CEILINGS WERE LOW BECAUSE YOU HATED YOUR HOUSE WITH FIREPLACES AND HEAT RISES.

THE THIRD REASON THIS HOUSE IS CONSIDERED A MANSION, IS A BEAUTIFUL CORNER CUPBOARD IN THE CORNER.

THE FOURTH THING IN THIS HOUSE WHICH IS UNUSUAL IN A COLONIAL FARMHOUSE, IS THE BANISTER IN THE FRONT HALL, A BEAUTIFUL CARD BANISTER.

>> ONLY TWO FAMILIES LIVED IN THIS HOUSE AND 280 YEARS.

ORLANDO SMITH WAS CUTTING STONE AND LOOKING FOR GOOD STONE AND FOUND AN OUTCROPPING ON THIS FARM PROPERTY.

HE MADE AN OFFER TO BUY IT AND BOUGHT IT IN 1846.

IT STARTED THE FIRST GRANITE COMPANY IN TOWN.

EVENTUALLY, THERE WERE A HUNDRED COMPANIES IN THE GRANITE BUSINESS HERE IN WESTERLY.

♪ >> WE KNEW THE GRANITE HISTORY IN TOWN.

I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD GO SOMEWHERE WITH THAT.

THE IDEA OF HAVING A GRAND MUSEUM GREW UP.

IT IS A CHRONOLOGICAL WALK-THROUGH WHAT THE GRANITE INDUSTRY WAS.

IT SEEMS TO ME, WE SEE A LOT OF SECOND AND THIRD-GENERATION PEOPLE, THAT REALIZED GRANDPA WAS NOT JUST WORKING IN A QUARRY, HE WAS WORKING IN AN INDUSTRY THAT MADE THIS TOWN IMPORTANT.

IT WAS NOT JUST BLOCKS AND CURB STONES.

IT WAS AN ARTISTIC INDUSTRY.

>> IN 1900, 57% OF THE POPULATION WORKED IN THE GRANITE INDUSTRY.

>> FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEIR FOREBEARS WORKED IN THIS INDUSTRY, I THINK IT GIVES THEM A RICH FEELING OF THE FACT, THAT PEOPLE CAN BE FOR THEM.

>> IF YOU DO NOT PRESERVE IT, IT IS EVENTUALLY GONE.

[CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY CARDI'S FURNITURE AND MATTRESSES] -- ♪ -- ♪ >> HELLO, I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT WESTERLY WESTERLY OF THE SONIC FOUNDATION, HOME TO FRANKLIN -- WESTERLY SONIC FOUNDATION.

HOT -- MASONIC FOUNDATION.

WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1857, AND AT OUR CURRENT HOME SINCE 1957.

>> I AM THE MASTER OF THE FRANKLIN LODGE NUMBER 20 HERE IN WESTERLY.

>> WE HAD 200 MEMBERS IN 1905, BUT IT WAS STILL GOING DOWN.

ONE PROBLEM WE HAD WAS A LOT OF WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS AND MASONS JOINED AFTER THE WAR ENDED.

THEY HAD ALMOST 500 PEOPLE IN THIS LOGIC ONE TIME.

>> FREEMASONS ARE NOT OPERATIVE MASONS AND LAYING OF STONE, ALTHOUGH SOME ARE.

MOST OF US PRACTICE WHAT IS KNOWN TO SPECULATIVE MASONRY, WHEREBY WE TAKE THE PRECEPTS HANDED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS OF MASTER BUILDERS, AND USE THOSE AS A FOUNDATION IN WHICH TO BUILD OUR OWN MORAL EDIFICE.

FRANKLIN LODGE WAS ORGANIZED UNDER A DISPENSATION ON DECEMBER 20, 1856.

THE LODGE WAS CHARTED MAY 25, 1857, AND ON JULY 8 OF THAT YEAR, THE CHARTER WAS RECEIVED AND THE OFFICERS WERE ELECTED.

FRANKLIN LODGE USED TO BE LOCATED ON HIGH STREET.

WE HAVE A FEW EXAMPLES REMAINING, WHICH WE FOUND IN THE ARCHIVES OF OUR LODGE, THAT SHOW THE LODGE AT HIGH STREET.

IT WAS A VERY LARGE AND GRANDIOSE ROOM.

THESE COLUMNS WERE A GIFT TO FRANKLIN LODGE.

IN AUGUST, 1894 WE HAD THESE COLUMNS AND USE EVER SINCE, AND WE USE THEM IN EVERY ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.

>> IN 1953, THE MEMBERS OF FRANKLIN LODGE WITH THE MEMBERS OF POCKET SUCK LODGE, WHO SHARED THE -- ALONG WITH MEMORIES WHO SHARED THE FACILITY, DECIDED THE CLIMB WAS TOO MUCH.

AND IN EACH OF THE MASONIC ORGANIZATIONS DECIDED TO BUILD HER OWN FACILITY.

WESTERLY TOOK THEIR SQUARE AND COMPASS CLUB ON ELM STREET AND PUT AN ADDITION ON THE BACK, OUR CURRENT HOME.

>> WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH MANY HISTORIC EVENTS HERE IN WESTERLY.

>> ONE FEATURE OF WESTERLY THAT DOMINATES DOWNTOWN, IS THAT WESTERLY TOWN HALL, KNOWN AS THE NEW TOWN HALL, AND THE CORNERSTONE WAS LAID IN 1912, BY THE GRAND LODGE OF RHODE ISLAND.

WE HAVE THIS PHOTOGRAPH AMONGST SHOWING THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE, WITH A NUMBER OF MASONS OF THE STATE AND ALSO THE COMMAND, THE GRAND COMMANDRY OF THE STATE IN THE BACKGROUND ATTENDING THIS OUR MONEY.

WHEN MASONS LAY THESE CORNERSTONES, IT IS SAID TO BRING HEALTH, PROSPERITY AND PEACE TO A BUILDING THROUGH THAT CORNERSTONE.

AMERICA'S HISTORY HAS BEEN FULL OF FAMOUS MASONS, NAMES THAT ARE WELL, LIKE WASHINGTON, FRANKLIN, TRUMAN, ALL GREAT MASONS.

WESTERLY HAS A LONG HISTORY OF MASONS IN ITS TOWN AND HISTORY, AND WE KEEP PHOTOGRAPHS OF EVERY PAST MASTER WHO HAS SERVED FRANKLIN LODGE.

SINCE 1868, STARTING WITH JAMES WHITE, NAMES LIKE STILLMAN, BABCOCK, POTTER, HAVE ALL SERVED THEIR BRETHREN AT THE LODGE OF FRANKLIN, AND LEADING THE GROUP OF MEN AND THIS ORGANIZATION.

>> I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR VISIT TO THE WESTERLY MASONIC FOUNDATION, HOME TO FRANKLIN LODGE.

REMEMBER, NO MASON WILL EVER ASK YOU TO JOIN OR BECOME A MASON.

SORRY MEMBER, TO BE ONE, ASK ONE.

>> WESTERLY LIBRARY IN WILL COX PARK IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN WESTERLY ANSWERS TO TOWNS, PART OF STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT, AND WESTERLY, AND THEN THE GREATER SOUTH COUNTY AREA OF RHODE ISLAND.

THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1892, TO CONSTRUCT A MEMORIAL FOR SOLDIERS AND SELLERS -- SAILORS, OF THE CIVIL WAR, PROVIDING A FREE PUBLIC LEBRON.

>> I CAME HERE GROWING UP, TO THE CHILDREN'S ROOM, AND I ENJOYED NOW MORE THAN I DID AS A CHILD.

>> LIBRARIES HAVE UNDERGONE A CHANGE, IN THE PAST DECADE.

HOWEVER, THE BASIC USE OF THE LIBRARY IS STILL THE SAME.

>> PEOPLE CAN COME HERE AND USE THE COMPUTER TO FIND A JOB, TO DO RESEARCH UPSTAIRS IS ONE OF THE LARGER GALLERIES IN THE STATE COULD.

>> EVERYONE THOUGHT THE BOOKS WOULD GO AWAY.

PEOPLE STILL LEFT A WHOLE BOOKS AND FEEL THE BOOKS -- PEOPLE STILL LOVE TO HOLD THE BOOKS AND FEEL THE BOOKS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WE HAVE A FANTASTIC SPECIAL COLLECTION AND LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION.

>> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, THE ARCHITECTURE IS FABULOUS WITH A NICE RED TILE ROOF, ORIGINAL.

OVER THE YEARS, THE ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LIBRARY ALWAYS INCORPORATED THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDINGS.

AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY A BEAUTIFUL PARK AND TREES.

♪ >> WILL COX PARK AND WESLEY WESTERLY -- LIBRARY ARE CONNECTED.

WE ARE GOVERNED BY THE SAME GOVERNING BOARD, A NONPROFIT.

WILL COX PARK IS THREE THINGS.

IT IS A COLLECTION OF HISTORIC MONUMENTS.

IT IS AN ARBORETUM.

AND IT IS A COMMITTEE SPACE.

THE HISTORY OF WILCOX PARK STARTS IN 1898 WITH A DESIGN FOR THE PARK.

MANNING DESIGNED IT AS A VICTORIAN STROLLING PARK.

IT ADDED PARCELS OF LAND TO GROW TO 15 ACRES.

SINCE THE 1950'S AND 1960'S, WHEN PLANT SPECIES BECAME MORE READILY AVAILABLE IN THE NURSERY TRADE, THE CARETAKERS HERE STARTED ADDING DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES.

FAST-FORWARD 60 YEARS WE HAVE MATURE SPECIMENS, OF UNUSUAL TREES.

>> THE PARK IS A VENUE FOR MANY, MANY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE AIR, SUCH AS THE SUMMER POPS AND SHAKESPEARE.

>> WE HAVE TOWN BAND, WESTERLY'S HOME OF THE OLDEST RUNNING TOWN BAD IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY PERFORM FOR CONCERTS A YEAR IN THE HISTORIC BANDSTAND.

>> THERE SO MUCH, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND EXPLORE FOR THEMSELVES.

♪ ♪ >> OVER 100 YEARS AGO, A TRAVELING CARNIVAL SHOW CAME THROUGH WATCH HILL RHODE ISLAND.

ON THEIR DEPARTURE, THEY LEFT BEHIND THE MERRY-GO-ROUND.

AND THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES HERE.

FROM THAT POINT ON, IT HAS GONE THROUGH VARIOUS ITERATIONS.

>> THIS COULD BE THE MISSING LINK OF CAROUSELS IN THIS COUNTRY.

IT IS IRONIC AFTER THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF CAROUSELS, MAYBE THERE ARE ONLY 200 NOW, THAT ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IS ONE OF THE LAST ONES THAT IS INTACT.

IT STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL 20 HORSES.

THAT IS ONE REASON FOR PRESERVING IT.

IT IS THE ONLY FLYING HORSE CAROUSEL OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD.

>> THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL HORSES, THAT HAVE BEEN HERE ON THE VERY BEGINNING, SO THEY ARE 100 SOMETHING YEARS OLD.

IN THAT TYPE OF LIFESPAN THERE'S GOING TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WEAKNESSES.

THOSE HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.

>> H YEAR, -- EACH YEAR, THE HORSES COME BACK IN THEIR WORN HERE IN THE KNEES, AND OUR CRACKS UNDERNEATH.

>> THE STRESS FRACTURES SHOW UP IN THE PAINT, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS IT ALLOWS THINGS LIKE WHICH STARTS CORRUPTING THE WOOD AND JOINTS.

♪ >> THEY ASKED ME TO TO REPLICAS THAT COULD BE ON THERE FOR A TIME WHILE WE ARE RESTORING THE OLD ONES.

SO WHEN SOMETHING IS DAMAGED IN THE SUMMER THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING TO REPLACE THAT.

THE LONGER YOU CAN KEEP THEM GOING, IS WHAT WE ARE AFTER, AND PRESERVING THE HORSES.

ONE WAY TO DO THAT, IS TO HAVE OTHER HORSES THAT CAN BE ON, TO LENGTHEN THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT ARE ORIGINALS.

[HAMMERING] AND I BUILT A REPLICA HORSE, I DO IT IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IT 150 YEARS AGO.

I BUY 10 INCH BY TWO INCH BOARDS, AND TAKE THOSE BOARDS AND GLUE UP SOMETHING.

IT ALL MUST LOOK LIKE A MAILBOX.

THEN I CUT OUT A SERIES OF LEGS.

OUR RANA CLAY ALL OF THE LEGS ARE SIMILAR -- IRONICALLY, ALL FOUR OF THE LEGS ARE SIMILAR, ON A BANDSAW.

WHEN IT IS IN ITS BOX SHAPED AND GLUED TOGETHER, I CARVE IT DOWN.

I DO ROUGH CARVING TO START WITH, AND FINER CHISELS.

♪ EVERY DAY THAT THERE IS A REPLICA HORSE ON THE CAROUSEL, THAT MEANS ONE OF THE ORIGINALS CAN LAST LONGER.

[CHILDREN PLAYING] >> IF YOU TALK TO ANY SMALL CHILD, THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAD WHIRLING AROUND THE MERRY-GO-ROUND AND TRYING TO GRAB THAT RING, IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THE FABRIC OF THEIR LIVES.

♪ ♪ >> THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST PRESERVES ARE SPECIAL PLACES THAT RESONATE WITH EACH OF US TO DIFFERENT WAYS.

THESE ARE PLACES OF RECREATION, INSPIRATION, AND REFLECTION.

THESE ARE OPEN SPACES, WHERE WE CAN BREATHE EASIER, THINK MORE CLEARLY, AND REKINDLE OUR CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL WORLD.

>> SINCE 1990'S, WESTERLY THE LAND TRUST HAS BECOME A LADY ORGANIZATION PRESERVING OPEN SPACE, FACILITATING DOWNTOWN REDEVELOP MEANT, AND BUILDING RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST HOLDS CLOSE TO 1600 ACRES IN OUR CARE, MOST OF ELBOW FOR PUBLIC RECREATION.

WITH 20 MILES OF TRAILS THERE IS ROOM FOR EXPORING AND ENJOYING THE LAND.

RECREATIONAL VISITS AND SPECIAL EVENTS, PROVIDE US WITH A TANGIBLE CONNECTION TO THE LAND.

THE ANNUAL FARM DINNER HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL AGRICULTURE.

AND DINING UNDER THE OPEN SKY.

SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS SHOW CHILDREN THE WONDER OF NATURE.

REUNIONS OF GROUPS LIKE THE GIRL SCOUTS, WHO ONCE CAMPED AT THE PRESERVE.

>> WHAT DREW ME TO THE LAND TRUST?

PARTLY THE MISSION OF THE LAND TRUST, PRESERVING OPEN SPACE, HIKING TRAILS AND BEAUTY, PLACES OF THE HEART.

IT IS THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE.

SAID SIMPLY, IT IS BEAUTY, BEAUTIFUL.

IT IS ENJOYABLE.

BY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.

IT IS ALSO, IN MY FIRM OPINION, PRESERVING THE VALUE OF OUR TOWN.

>> THESE PLACES TOUCH OUR LIVES EVERY DAY, AND WAYS WE MAY TAKE FOR GRANTED.

THEY OFFER SCENIC VISTAS, AS WE PASSED THROUGH TOWN.

THEY PROTECT THE DRINKING WATER THAT FLOWS FROM OUR TAP.

AND THEY START FLOODWATER TO SPIRIT DOWNSTREAM HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

WESTERLY LAND TRUST PROPERTY SAFEGUARD THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, WHERE MANY WHILE LEFT SPECIES RIGHT.

-- THRIVE.

TOADS TO TURTLES, DUCKS TWO DEAR HIM A BOBCATS TO BEATLES -- TO DEER, BOBCATS TO BEATLES, TEEMING WITH LIFE, MAKING THE LAND AND INTEGRAL PART OF OUR EXISTENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> ENJOYING A COMMUTE TRIP DOWN THE RIVER OR FISHING IN THE OCEAN, -- A CANOE TRIP DOWN THE RIVER, OR FISHING ON THE OCEAN, OR BLUE CRAB, WE HAD A FEELING THERE WAS CONCERN THAT MAYBE 30 OR 40 YEARS FROM NOW THIS WILL BE GONE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT, THAT I GET INVOLVED IN A WAY THAT MIGHT PRESERVE THIS FOR OTHERS IN THE FUTURE.

>> OUR URBAN EFFORTS SAVE IMPORTANT BUILDINGS AND PARCELS IN WESTERLY'S DOWNTOWN.

A VACANT LOT THAT IS NOW A COMMUNITY GARDEN.

THE INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING THAT HOUSES OUR OFFICE.

THE UNITED THEATRE THAT IS TO BE REVITALIZED FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS.

AND A MAINSTREAM PARCEL THAT WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A SEASONAL ICE RINK.

MUCH GREAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND MORE LIES AHEAD.

WE TAKE SERIOUSLY OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECT WESTERLY'S OPEN SPACES AND SPECIAL PLACES FOREVER.

♪ ♪ >> NOW, DOWNTOWN WESTERLY IS BOOMING.

IT IS AMAZING TO WALK THE STREETS, TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON.

IT IS LIKE A FEVER.

>> DOWNTOWN A SPECIAL.

IT IS AN INTACT DOWNTOWN.

AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE ARCHITECTURE AND BUSINESSES.

THE FOOT TRAFFIC AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE WALKING AND DRIVING FROM TOWN HAS INCREASED.

>> CHUCK HAS MADE A POT ECONOMIC IMPACT -- A POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

ONE SUPERSTORM SANDY SWEPT THROUGH, DEVASTATING MISQUAMICUT HE IMMEDIATELY WORKED WITH THE CHAMBER TO RESTORE THE BEACH COMMUNITIES.

HE HELPS OTHERS ACHIEVE THEIRS.

>> CHUCK HAS A STRONG INTEREST IN THE ECONOMIC BATTALION DOWNTOWN WESTERLY -- ECONOMIC VITALITY OF DOWNTOWN WESTERLY.

HE CAME TO THE MYSTIC STORE, TO BANK SQUARE BOOKS AND PUT HIS FEET ON MY COUCH AND SAID I CANNOT IMAGINE A TOWN WITHOUT A BOOKSTORE.

I HAVE A SPACE AND IF I BUILD IT AND IT DOES NOT COST YOU ANYTHING, WILL YOU RUN IT?

I DO NOT MISS A BEAT BY SAYING, SURE.

>> CHUCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST SINCE THE DAYS OF OUR FIRST ACQUISITION, AVENEL FAR PRESERVE AND 1898, -- 1998, HE WAS A STAUNCH SUPPORTER.

PARTNERING WITH TRUCK ON HER -- CHUCK ON THE URBAN AND INITIATIVE, IT SETS THE LAND TRUST ASIDE FROM OTHER TRUST NATIONALLY.

>> CHUCK HAD THIS VISION OF CREATING A HIGH QUALITY, ARTISTIC EVENTS.

IMAGINE A LINCOLN CENTER, HERE IN WESTERLY, WHERE YOU COME TO THE UNITED THEATER AND LEARN NOT ONLY ABOUT WHAT IS COMING ON AT THE UNITED, BUT ALSO WHAT IS TAKING PLACE WITH OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

>> HE IS ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT CHILDREN.

AND GIVING THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY A PLACE THEY CAN GO, AND BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE YMCA, ENJOY THE PARK, ENJOY SPORTS, GET HEALTH CARE.

ALSO A GOOD EDUCATION.

>> ONE OF THE FIRST OPPORTUNITIES, CHUCK PROVIDED THE WAVES HIT TO THE LAND TRUST, AS THE WASHINGTON TRUST ICE SKATING RINK.

IT WOULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT CHUCK'S TREMENDOUS SUPPORT.

>> HE SAID WESTERLY NEEDS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN.

I SAID TO MYSELF, WHERE IN THE WORLD WHEN WE PUT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN DOWNTOWN WESTERLY?

WE SEARCHED AND FOUND, AND IT IS HAPPENING, BECAUSE CHUCK HAS THAT VISION.

HE ATTENDED A COMMITTEE COLLEGE AND KNOWS THE VALUE OF IT.

-- A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND KNOWS THE VALUE OF IT.

>> IF WE ARE FORTUNATE IN OUR LIVES WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO BRIGHTEN OUR DAYS AND MAKE OUR LIFE SPECIAL IN THE MOMENT.

AND WE CAN BE GRATEFUL FOR SUCH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

THEN YOU HAVE EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE, LIKE DEBORAH AND CHUCK ROYCE, WHOSE EXTRAORDINARY GENEROSITY AND FORESIGHT, HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NOT JUST TODAY, NOW, BUT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

>> WESTERLY HOSPITAL IS A UNIQUE PLACE.

A SPECIAL SMALL HOSPITAL.

IT IS NOT ABOUT SIZE.

BEING A SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GIVES EXCELLENT PERSONALIZED CARE.

IT OFFERS EXPERTISE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF A SMALL AREA.

WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIALISTS IT HAS A GOOD GROUP OF DOCTORS, AND PEOPLE SOMETIMES DO NOT REALIZE THAT.

>> THE HOSPITAL WAS REALLY ENVISIONED FOR DECADES BEFORE IT OPENED IN 1925.

100 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR, LUIS HOXIE, A LONGTIME RESIDENT -- LOUISE HOXEY, A LONGTIME RESIDENT, LEFT IN HER WELL -- WILL, FUNDS FOR A FOUNDATION IN DOWNTOWN WESTERLY, AND STIPULATED FUNDS WERE TO BE INVESTED AND BUILT UPON, AND ADDITIONAL GIFTS MADE, UNTIL IT REACHED ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD A HOSPITAL, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS THOUGHT TO BE ABOUT $200,000.

>> WESTIN HOSPITAL AS A SMALL COMMITTEE HOSPITAL THAT LISTENS TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SERVICES COMMUNITY NEEDS.

WE HAVE SERVICES TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

WE OFFER IT SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.

AND WE REALLY ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THE VARIETY OF PHYSICIANS WE HAVE AT WESTERLY, WHO CAN OFFER THE SERVICES THEY OFFER OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS WESTERLY HOSPITAL.

WE ARE LOCATED HALFWAY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND BOSTON.

WE HAVE PHYSICIANS WHO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITIES OUR PATIENTS NEED, AND RESOURCES OUR PATIENTS NEED.

>> WESTERLY HOSPITAL IS UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS PHYSICALLY HERE.

THE TOWN OF WESTERLY IS SO CLOSE KNIT, THE HOSPITAL IS DOWN THE STREET.

IT SEEMS, ESPECIALLY AS AN EMT, HAVING WESTERLY HOSPITAL HERE ON WELLS STREET, OUR TRANSFER TIME IS JUST A FEW MINUTES FROM ANY PLACE IN TOWN, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

YOU CANNOT GET THAT IN A BIG CITY HOSPITAL SOMETIMES BECAUSE YOU ARE STUCK IN TRAFFIC, ARE YOU ARE COMING FROM A DISTANCE TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL.

SO, HAVING WESTERLY HOSPITAL RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER OF OUR TOWN, IS JUST SO WONDERFUL FOR SO MAY PEOPLE.

AS A PATIENT, I VOICE FELT COMFORTABLE HERE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A TOWN HOSPITAL.

-- I HAVE ALWAYS FELT COMFORTABLE EVEN THOUGH IT IS A TOWN HOSPITAL.

I HAVE NEVER FELT THE NEED I NEED TO GO TO BOSTON OR OUT OF TOWN.

I ALWAYS GOT COPPERHEADS OF CARE HERE, AND A WASTE -- I ALWAYS GOT COMPREHENSIVE CARE HERE AND ALWAYS FELT AS A NEIGHBOR AND A WELCOME FRIEND TO FOLKS HERE.

IN PARTICULAR, AS A PATIENT, WHEN I WAS WAKING UP IN THE RECOVERY ROOM, THE WOMAN TELLING ME THE NURSE TELLING ME, IT IS OK AND YOU'RE ALL SET, WAKE UP, LIST ON THE STREET FOR ME.

YOU KNOW, I HAD HER KIDS IN SCHOOL AS A TEACHER.

AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS WONDERFUL.

I FELT SO MUCH MORE AT EASE THAN I WOULD HAVE BEEN AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL, WHERE, PERHAPS, I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THIS FOLKS.

>> OUR TOWN, REALLY, WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS WITHOUT OUR HOSPITAL.

IT IS OBVIOUS OUR HOSPITAL WOULD NOT BE HERE, AND WHAT IT IS, WITHOUT THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF WESTERLY AND SURROUNDING TOWNS, WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE ONES WHO HAVE CARE THE MOST, THAT THERE IS A HOSPITAL HERE, AND WHO HAVE SEEN TO IT THAT THERE IS.

>> WHEN I FIRST HEARD PBS WAS DOING A SEGMENT ON WESTERLY, AND BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES THERE, IT IS MY WHOLE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOWN, IS DUE TO MY FAMILY.

MY MOTHER'S FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS FROM ITALY TO COME TO WESTERLY.

♪ [ITALIAN MUSIC] >> THE ARE IN THE NORTH END SECTION OF WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND.

WE STARTED HERE TO SHOW YOU, THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS SETTLE WHEN THEY CAME OVER TO WESTERLY.

HERE WE ARE, ON NINE PALM STREET IN THE NORTH END, WHERE MY FATHER'S FAMILY WHEN THEY CAME OVER FROM COLUMBIA, -- CALABRIA, THEY CAME TO THIS HOUSE, IN 1957.

HERE WE ARE, 89 PIERCE STREET, WHERE MY GRANDPARENTS ROOM FROM -- MOVED FROM POND STREET.

BORN IN1859, THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER, FRANCESCO BRUNO, HIS WIFE, TERESA, AND HIS SON, RICARDO.

THIS IS MY MOTHER SIDE OF THE FAMILY, WHO WOULD LATER BE THE FOUNDERS OF WESTERLY PACKING.

[DOG BARKING] HE MOVED HERE IN 1890, CAME TO AMERICA IN THE EARLY 19 -- 1890'S, AND SETTLE INTO THIS HOUSE ON 83 PLEASANT STREET AND WESTERLY'S NORTH AND.

NEXT-DOOR, THE FAMILY BUILT ANOTHER HOME.

MY GREAT GRANDFATHER LIVED HERE, RICARDO BRUNO.

THEY OPENED UP A MEET STORE.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEET -- MEAT SORT WAS IN THIS LOCATION UNTIL 1978 AND IT WOULD LATER BE MOVED TWO SPRINGBROOK ROAD, IN WESTERLY, DUE TO THE SLAUGHTERING OF ANIMALS, THEY WANTED TO GO TO ANOTHER LOCATION, VERSUS BEING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.

WHEN MY FATHER CAME FROM ITALY, AND MY MOTHER MARRIED, AND THEY TOOK OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS, AND MOVE TO DIFFER LOCATION.

SO, WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, I AM FIFTH-GENERATION AND THE FAMILY BUSINESS.

WE HAVE BECOME KNOWN FOR THE LOCAL ITALIAN GROCERY STORE, CARRYING IMPORTED PRODUCTS, FROM OUR HOME TOWNS IN CALABRIA.

WE FOCUS ON FRESH MEAT AND MAKE OUR OWN SAUSAGE AND MEATBALL MAKES, THOSE ARE THE SAME FAMILY RECIPES THEY WERE FIVE GENERATIONS AGO.

ONE OF OUR BIG ITEMS IS THAT DRY SAUSAGE, MORE OR LESS FROM OUR HOMETOWN IN ITALY.

WE BROUGHT IT HERE TO WESTERLY.

THAT HAS CHANGED FROM MAKING A COUPLE OF MONTHS A YEAR TO MAKE IT EVERYDAY, 200-3 AND A POUND TODAY THE WHOLE YEAR.

TO BE A LOCAL ARTISAN IS A PRIVILEGE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE CONSIDER OURSELVES.

WE MAKE OUR OWN SAUSAGE AND DO NOT USE STARTER CULTURES OR NITRATES AND THE GOVERNMENT PUSHES YOU TO USE THAT SO YOU HAVE TO PUSH BACK, TO NOT USE THAT STUFF AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

WE HAVE A USDA SPECTRA ON-SITE FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

THEY WANT YOU TO GO TOWARD THE CHEMICALS.

WE WILL NOT ALLOW IT.

IT CHANGES THE TASTE AND IT IS NOT AS HEALTHY AND NATURAL.

THAT YOU HAVE IT, MY FAMILY, OUR BUSINESS, OUR TOWN.

WE EMPLOY 15 EMPLOYEES, AND ARE ON OUR SIX GENERATION OF WORKING HERE.

MY NAME IS BRUNO, THINKING.

-- THANK YOU.

♪ ♪ >> PUBLIC EDUCATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

AS PART OF THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND MOVE FORWARD FROM PRESCHOOL, TWO-YEAR-OLDS, ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

>> ♪ I CAN TELL WE ARE GOING TO BE FRIENDS WALK WITH ME, THROUGH THE PARK ♪ >> WE CAN PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES FOR STUDENTS.

IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT GOING TO A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE ANYMORE.

PROGRAMMING INNOVATIONS FIT INTO THAT KIND OF THINKING.

HOLISTIC, WHOLE CHILD THINKING, FROM VERY YOUNG TO VERY OLD, DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL PATHWAYS, PERSONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

♪ WE ARE GETTING MORE DIVERSE AND CREATING MORE PROGRAMS ALONG THAT LINE.

>> ♪ FROM CHASING ALL THE ANSWERS, WE CLEAN UP AND NOW IT IS TIME TO LEARN ♪ ♪ WE CLEAN UP AND NOW IT IS TIME TO LEARN ♪ >> THE NEWEST PATHWAY IS CALLED PTECH, AND WE ARE ONE OF THREE COMMUNITIES, PROVIDENCE, NEWPORT AND WESTERLY, ENGAGED IN THIS PATHWAY TO BAUMAN FOR STUDENTS.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLE OPTION.

THEY STARTED NINTH GRADE AND WORKED FOR THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND AT THE SAME TIME GET REAL DEVELOPMENT IN CLEAN AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, SO THEY GET CERTIFICATES AND SKILL AND ABILITY.

ALSO, BEFORE THEY FINISH AND LEAVE THE SCHOOL, THEY CAN WALK AWAY WITH AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE, ALL FOR FREE.

>> ♪ WE SIT SIDE-BY-SIDE IN EVERY CLASS TEACHER THINKS I SOUND FUNNY, BUT SHE LIKES THE WAY YOU SING TONIGHT I WILL DREAM ♪ >> THIS IS THE FIRST GENERATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES, TO REASONABLY EXPECT TO LIVE TO BE 100 YEARS OLD.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US, TO PROVIDE THOSE STUDENTS, LOOKING AT THE FUTURE FOR THEM, AND PATHWAYS THEY CAN LEARN AND TAKE TO DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES.

♪ >> ♪ IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA, I WILL SELL THE WORLD, -TO FIND YOU-- SAIL THE WORLD TO FIND YOU ♪ >> ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THE TOWN, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS VERY TIGHT, MANY TIMES HAVE LIVED HERE FOR GENERATIONS, WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY AND THAT INCLUDE SCHOOLS.

THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ME AND OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY HERE AND PROGRAMS.

>> ♪ YOU CAN COUNT ON ME, LIKE 1, 2, 3, I WILL BE THERE ♪ [SHOUTING, DRUMMING] ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDEST THANKSGIVING DAY RALLY IN THIS COUNTRY.

LASTER WAS MY FIRST YEAR HERE, ALTHOUGH GROWING UP IN A NEIGHBORING COMMITTEE, I WAS AWARE OF THE HYPE OF THE GAME AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GAME.

BUT YOU REALLY CANNOT FULLY KNOW UNTIL YOU ARE PART OF IT.

-- A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY.

DAYS LEADING UP TO THE GAME, THERE ARE VENTS EVERYDAY, INCLUDING IN SCHOOL, IN THE EVENINGS.

THE PLAYERS, CHEERLEADERS, MUSIC PROGRAMS, AND THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE, COMING TOGETHER -- THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE COMING TOGETHER FOR THEIR TOWN.

IT IS A RIVALRY AND EACH SIDE IS INVESTED IN THAT, IT IS MORE ABOUT THE EVENT.

THE GAMES DOWN THANKS GIVING CULMINATING EVENT.

BOTH COMMUNITIES RISE TO IT BUT IT IS A FRIEND THE ROBBERY.

-- A FRIENDLY RIVALRY.

>> IT DOES NOT MATTER IF A TEAM IS 9-0 OR 0-9 GOING INTO THE GAME, IT IS ITS OWN SEPARATE SEASON.

I LOOK AT IT AS THOUGH WE HAVE A 10 GAME SEASON, MOST PEOPLE REFER TO IT AS A NINE-GAME SEASON AND THEN THANKSGIVING, THAT IS HOW THEY GET US.

[CHEERING] IT IS ALWAYS PRESENT BUT WE TRY NOT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

THAT WAS A CHANGE IN MENTALITY THIS YEAR.

WE ARE NOT JUST GOING TO LOOK FOR TO THANKSGIVING, A HUGE GAME.

IT IS A BIG GAME FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL AND EVERYBODY.

WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE NINE GAMES BEFORE THAT.

>> BOTH TOWNS PLAYING FOOTBALL AND BEING SO CLOSE, CONNECTED BY A BRIDGE, IT PROBABLY MADE SENSE AT SOME POINT.

IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF WESTERLY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE EARLY 1900S, BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AIR SCHOLASTICALLY IN 1932 AND RHODE ISLAND, WE HAVE MEMORABILIA FROM WHERE WE PLAYED, AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT LEAGUE.

SO, IT WAS NOT THAT UNCOMMON FOR US TO PLAY CONNECTICUT SCHOOLS.

[WHISTLES, CHEERS] IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WESTERLY HIGH SCHOOL OR STONINGTON HIGH SCHOOL TO MERIT OR GAIN A PLUMMET ACROSS THE RIVER -- TO MARRY OR GAIN EMPLOYMENT ACROSS THE RIVER, WHERE THEY END UP WITH THEIR KIDS GOING TO A DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL THEIR SPOUSES OR PARENTS.

SO ON THANKSGIVING DAY ALTHOUGH THE WESTERLY GRADUATES HAVE THEY ARE A BULLDOG, THEIR CHILDREN MAYBE ON THE STONINGTON SIDE, OR STUDENTS OF STONINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, SO THERE IS THE SHARED PEACE, EVERYONE HAS TO PRETEND THEY ARE FULLY INVESTED IN BOTH SIDES.

THAT IS PART OF IT.

YOU STILL HAVE FAMILIES OF PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, WHO HAVE ALLEGIANCE TO WHATEVER TOWN OR SCHOOL THEY WENT TO.

AND YOU MAY HAVE SIBLINGS, THAT WENT TO EITHER WESTERLY OR STONINGTON, OR BOTH.

IT IS NOT UNCOMMON WHERE, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT MOVE ACROSS THE RIVER.

[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE ONE THANKSGIVING GAMES BUT THEY HAVE WON FIVE OR MORE OVERALL, IT IS REMARKABLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE RIVALRY.

YOU ALWAYS WANT TO WIN, BUT THE GREATEST THING FOR IT TO BE A RIVALRY IS THERE IS A BALANCE, AND A COMPETITIVE BALANCE.

[APPLAUSE] [CHEERING, WHISTLE] ♪ ♪ >> I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND.

I HAVE A VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANY AND SHOOT SOME EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ONE EVENT I TRY NOT TO MISS IS OUR PENGUIN PLUNGE.

♪ IT HAPPENS GENERATE FIRST AT NOON -- JANUARY FIRST AT NOON.

MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN DIED INTO THE ICY ATLANTIC OCEAN -- DIVE INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO SUPPORT OUR WARM CENTER, WHICH HELPS HOUSE AND FEED NEIGHBORS IN NEED.

THEN, IN APRIL, OUR TOWN COMES TOGETHER FOR THE POCKET TALK RIVER DUCK RACE.

20,000 RUBBER DUCKS ARE DUMPED INTO THE RIVER, AND THE ONES THAT MAKE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE FIRST WHEN GREAT PRIZES.

-- WIN GREAT PRIZES.

IT IS THE FUNDRAISER BY THE OCEAN COMMITTED A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND IT HELPS 40 PLUS SCHOOLS AND NONPROFITS RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR WORTHY CAUSES.

IN MAY, IT IS A MISQUAMICUT SPRING FESTIVAL WHICH HAS ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE FAMILY, MUSIC, RIDES, FOOD, FUN, GAMES, CAR SHOW, PETTING ZOO, LOTS OF ENTERTAINMENT AND FUN FOR EVERYBODY.

SINCE 1947, CROWDS GATHERED HERE AND WESTERLY FOR THE CLUB ESTATE.

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-- FOR THE COLUMBUS DAY PARADE, FROM A 70 YEARS.

BANDS, BOY SCOUTS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM WESTERLY AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES MARCHED ON THE STREETS WITH PRIDE.

IN LATE NOVEMBER, SANTA'S ARRIVAL.

♪ >> ♪ SO BE GOOD FOR GOODNESS SAKE ♪ >> SANTA CLAUS MAKES A DRAMATIC ENTRANCE INTO DOWNTOWN WESTERLY ON A FIRE TRUCK.

THOUSANDS OF KIDS WAVED IN ANTICIPATION TO MEET SANTA AND HOLIDAY CHARACTERS, IT IS A GREAT EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

THERE ARE MANY GREAT THINGS TO DO AND WESTERLY, 70 GREAT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I AM PROUD TO BE -- SO MANY GREAT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE AIR.

== -- YEAR.

I AM PROUD TO BE RAISING MY FAMILY HERE IN THE TOWN I GREW UP IN.

>> THE DOWNTOWN, EXCELLENT SCHOOL SYSTEM AND AWESOME NEIGHBORHOODS, BEACHES, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LIBRARY, THE AIRPORT, I THING ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, WRITING THEM ON A POSTCARD AND SENDING THEM AROUND THE WORLD, THE WORLD WOULD COME HERE BECAUSE IT IS SUCH AN AWESOME PLACE TO BE.

IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, AND INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY.

>> WHEN MY SON LEARNED HIS CANCER WAS NO LONGER TREATABLE, AND WE WOULD STOP CHEMOTHERAPY, WE MADE IT CLEAR TO HIM WHAT THAT OPTION MEANT FOR HIM, AND HIS LIFE.

HE MADE THE DECISION TO STOP CHEMOTHERAPY, TO STOP TREATMENT, AND ENJOY THE TIME HE HAD LEFT WITH HIS FAMILY.

DURING THAT TIME, HE TOLD HIS FATHER HE WANTED TO BE FAMOUS IN CHINA BEFORE HE WENT TO HEAVEN.

>> HE TOLD ME, HE WANTED TO BE FAMOUS AND I POSTED IT.

INTO A HALF HOURS I PICTURES FROM CHINA, AUSTRALIA.

>> [SPEAKING CHINESE] ♪ [EXPLOSIONS, THUNDER] >> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ♪ >> ♪ HMM MMM MMM ♪ HAS REQUEST ♪ >> TO BE FAMOUS IN CHINA BECAME -- >> HAS REQUEST TO BE FAMOUS IN CHINA BECAME GLOBAL AND PEOPLE WERE HOLDING UP SIGNS SHOWING SUPPORT FOR DORIAN.

>> AT THE FAR END OF THE FIELD.

>> EXPRESSING SOLITARY FOR HIS FIGHT.

>> WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

>> D STRONG!

>> IT IS AMAZING HOW MAY PEOPLE CARE.

>> HE CAPTURED THE HEART OF THE WORLD.

>> ED IS ABOUT HIS STRENGTH, AND THE MESSAGE HE WANTED TO SEND, TO SPREAD AWARENESS FOR PYEONGCHANG CANCER.

>> CURRENTLY ALL PEDIATRIC CANCERS COMBINED RECEIVED 3.8% OF CANCER FUNDING.

AFTER HE SAW THE POWER THAT PHOTOGRAPH HAD WE DECIDED TO SEE IF HE WANTED TO DO MORE.

I STARTED TO PHOTOGRAPH 19 OTHER CHILDREN WITH PEDIATRIC CANCER HERE AND RHODE ISLAND, IN THE SAME BOXING GLOVE STANCE.

WE TURNED IT INTO A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT, IN HOPES OF RAISING AWARENESS FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER, THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY KNOWING ALL OF THESE CHILDREN, AS SICK AS THEY ARE, THEY ARE ALSO STILL CHILDREN.

>> IN A WORLD WITH NEGATIVITY, IT HAS BEEN SO HEARTWARMING AND INSPIRING.

>> I HOPE EVERY BUDDY CAN TAKE THIS AND KNOW THAT, NO MATTER WHAT COMES YOUR WAY, KEEP SMILING, AND KEEP MOVING ON.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> "OUR TOWN" WESTERLY IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING PREMIER SPONSORS.

MOTT AND CHASE.

SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY, TAKING PRIDE IN REPRESENTING PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT RHODE ISLAND, SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, AND CONNECTICUT, AND UNITING BUYERS AND SELLERS.

WESTERLY HOSPITAL, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 90 YEARS, WITH FAMILY CENTERED MEDICAL CARE CLOSE TO HOME.

FREEMASONRY, A PART OF THE GREATER RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS.

TO BE ONE, ASK ONE.

AND THE FOLLOWING PATRON