Carving out his spot for the Fourth

Posted 6/27/18

Lou Pazienza wanted to make his self-declared patriotism and love for his country known this year. So, he combined his passion for yard-scaping and love for the Fourth of July and created a marking in his yard to show his Cranston neighbors and people

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Carving out his spot for the Fourth

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Lou Pazienza wanted to make his self-declared patriotism and love for his country known this year. So, he combined his passion for yard-scaping and love for the Fourth of July and created a marking in his yard to show his Cranston neighbors and people passing by what the holiday means for him.

The grass on the sidewalk of the house his parents used to live in, which he cuts with Black and Decker grass clippers that he doesn’t think are even sold in stores anymore, now reads “Happy 4th” and will be like that until after the holiday.

Pazienza has developed a passion for using the lawn to celebrate occasions, like his sister’s birthday.

He cuts the grass so the letters (or symbols) are lower than the grass around it, which he said becomes especially visible when the sun is coming up in the morning or setting at night.

“I put my heart and soul into this to really show people what I think,” he said. “This is my pristine lawn, it’s what I really cherish.”

He also plans on makes waves, checkerboards and more exclamations in the grass this summer.

To see his Fourth of July creation, the house is on Woodview Drive in the Westwood Plat of Cranston, which connects Plainfield Pike and Scituate Avenue.

(Text and photos by Thomas Greenberg)

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