By Christian Silvia

Veterans Day is Tuesday, but Little Compton marked the date early with a packed crowd that came for a surf-and-turf dinner at the Little Compton Community Center Monday evening.

Across the street from a display of hundreds of American flags honoring veterans, guests to the town’s annual veterans’ dinner were met with cheers from a crowd that included a welcoming committee holding up a sign that thanked them for their service.

The dinner, which started in 2022, has become a popular tradition in Little Compton. In its first year, 37 veterans were treated to dinner. This year 72 were served, and that number is expected to increase next year.

“Next year we’ll have to have seating upstairs and down, because we’ll be at our capacity upstairs,” Community Center director Am

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