Sequoiah Burrello and her brother Ridge, of the Narragansett Indian Tribal Nation, participate in a traditional dance during a rally to recognize the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue at Columbus Square in New London on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. During the event members of local indigenous tribes performed traditional dances and held a drum circle before speakers and a moment of silence for George Floyd. “We´re standing on beautiful soil and beautiful land,Ó said organizer and City Councilor Curtis Goodwin. “And this, today, is called history.Ó The City Council voted late Tuesday to remove the statue from display in any public property in the city and the New London Police Department announced it would not be pursuing charges in the "incidents of criminal mischief" during demonstrations on June 6, when the statue, a police substation and a cruiser were spray-painted. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Jeff Mullen, of MBM Fun Center, not pictured, works on the water slide at Ocean Beach Park Friday, June 5, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Williams School seniors Keren, left, and Meira Doherty at their Waterford home Friday, May 29, 2020. Keren, the older by one-minute, will attend Northeastern University, while Meira will attend Tufts. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Vidianny Gonzalez, 18, poses for a portrait outside her home in New London. A week after her graduation from the culinary program at Norwich Tech she will report to Navy boot camp. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Stonington High School senior Jacob Cannon sits in his backyard, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Cannon is joining the Army to be a medic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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East Lyme senior Noah am Ende jumps in an arabesque at his home on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. He plans to study dancing in California next fall. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

New London high school senior Fracesca Ladouix stands on the front porch of her home Friday, June 12, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Co-owners Jason Hamilton, left, and William Ceddia, wait to fill the next restaurant order while at their SixPenny Oyster pop-up on the deck of the Engine Room Saturday, June 13, 2020, in Mystic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Taylor Wininger-Sieve, of Waterford, screams “I can´t breathÓ during a Walk for Justice in Waterford on Sunday, June 14, 2020. Several hundred participated in the march and rally that went from Clark Lane Middle School to the Town Hall and Police Station before returning. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Employees at Mystic Luxury Cinemas load the theater´s old seating units into a tractor trailer Monday, June 15, 2020. The recliner seating which was installed in a 2015 renovation is being replaced by newer, more luxurious, reclining stats. The theater will not be reopening on the same schedule as other theaters due to the renovations. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Chantell Disco walks her cat Mae down Bank St. in New London Monday, June 15, 2020. Disco says Mae is blind and likes to ride on her shoulders for walks around town. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Providence (SSN 719) moves past the Cross Sound Ferry MV John H in the area of General Dynamics Electric Boat in New London en route to the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton on Monday, June 15, 2020. The Providence, commissioned in July 1985, was the first Los Angeles-class submarine to be equipped with the Tomahawk cruise missile vertical launch system. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Graduate Elisabeth Geida, center, gets a kiss from parents Janine Geida, right, and David Fox as a family member takes a photo before commencement exercises at East Lyme High School on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Graduates were invited to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas from Principal Michael Susi as their families watched at a scheduled time. Seniors and their families were also invited to a Drive-In Viewing of the graduations on June 20, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

People pause at the top of the trail to Napatree Point Beach while carrying their beach chairs and other items Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in the Watch Hill section of Westerly. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Fellow students cheer for a graduate from outside the fence during commencement exercises at East Lyme High School on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Graduates were invited to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas from Principal Michael Susi as their families watched at a scheduled time. Seniors and their families were also invited to a Drive-In Viewing of the graduations on June 20, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Roof technician Matthew Solberg, of Eagle Rivet Roof Service, applies a resin coating to preserve the stone roof at the top of the Stonington Lighthouse Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Stonington Borough. The Light House Museum is being restored and a new welcome center will be added to the museum during the restoration project. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A group of fishers work from the rocks of UConn Avery Point on Monday, June 15, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Graduate Michael Haburay, right, jumps off a rock as his sister Mary and dad Scott look on during commencement exercises at East Lyme High School on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Graduates were invited to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas from Principal Michael Susi as their families watched at a scheduled time. Seniors and their families were also invited to a Drive-In Viewing of the graduations on June 20, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Norwich recreation department lifeguards Eve Buckridge, right, and Hayden Dubiel untangle swimming area marker float lines after bringing them out of storage at Spaulding Pond in Mohegan Park Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The beach will be open six-days a week, closed on Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Monday and noon to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. The beach will be operating under limited capacity with spacing marked. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Norwich recreation department employees Malik Gibson, left, and Jimmy Haring re-hang one of the basketball hoops at the Robert W. Spayne basketball courts on Mahan Dr. Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The hoops at public courts throughout the city were were taken down in March as part of coronavirus measures. The hoops at the recreation department courts all received a fresh coat of pain and new nets for the occasion. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Graduate Izaiah Bezares and his grandmother, Juana Castro, pose for the graduation photographer Wednesday, June 17, 2020, after one of the Montville High School graduation ceremonies. Earlier Izaiah also had a photo taken with his mother, Nikol Hilario, not shown. Due to the coronavirus Montville had graduates arriving in groups and had scheduled group ceremonies from 1-7pm. (Dana Jensen/The Day) (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Emily Jeffery, of Lisbon, and her sons Charles Bazinet, 5, and Emery Bazinet, 2 pick strawberries at Grant´s Berry Patch in Lisbon Thursday, June 18, 2020. The family owned farm offers pre-picked berries as well as pick your own. The fields open at 8 a.m. and are open until 4 p .m. or until picked out. Customers can check the farm´s Facebook page for updates. The season started June 10th and generally runs several weeks. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Graduate Kyah Coleman, left, wipes a tear as she is greeted by principal Erin Palonen after receiving her diploma during a drive-thru style graduation ceremony for the Griswold high school Class of 2020 Thursday, June 18, 2020. The class members formed up in their cars, one car per family, and proceeded through the campus, stopping at a stage by the side entrance of the school to receive their diploma and take photos with principal Erin Palonen. Faculty and staff lined the roadways of the educational complex to cheer on the graduates. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Graduate Audrey Booth smiles as she returns to her seat with friends as the approximately 211 members of the Waterford high school Class of 2020 graduate in a drive-In style ceremony Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Waterford Town Beach. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A group of Waterford high school Class of 2020 graduates cheer a classmate during their drive-In style graduation ceremony Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Waterford Town Beach. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Michael Gilliard, Jr., bows his head as he kneels alongside his aunt Netta Rodrigques, obscured, to the ringing of the Norwich Freedom Bell as part of the Norwich branch NAACP celebration of Juneteenth Friday, June, 19, 2020 at the David Ruggles Freedom Courtyard in front of city hall. Juneteenth is celebrated as the day in 1865 that enslaved African-Americans in Texas learned of the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln´s order that freed all persons held under slavery in the rebellious states during the Civil War. Juneteenth is usually celebrated in Norwich with a festival but this year´s event was scaled down due to coronavirus restrictions. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Hair Dressing and Cosmetology graduate Olivia Lopez celebrates after crossing the stage to receive her diploma Friday, June 19, 2020, during the Norwich Technical High School drive-thru style graduation. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Family members of graduate Antonio Hellmers, not pictured, from left Dejohn Griffin, Cassondra Duzduner and Bonni Ojeda cheer as his name is called during Ledyard High School´s drive-in graduation on Friday, June 19, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Plumbing and Heating graduate Kevin Rodrigues reacts to his family as they follow along side him in their vehicle as he walks to the next station Friday, June 19, 2020, during the Norwich Technical High School drive-thru style graduation. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Graduate Clayton Carini reacts as he spots the family of his friend and fellow graduate Nick Mendolia drive by Thursday, June 18, 2020, during the Wheeler High School graduation parade. Graduates in groups where stationed around downtown North Stonington and people could drive by in a parade. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Graduate Vincent Trento and his family arrive in his father Vito´s 1963 Chevy for the Robert E. Fitch High School Class of 2020 drive-in style graduation ceremony Friday, June, 19, 2020 in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Graduate Maddie Lynch climbs out of the car window to look for friends as the Robert E. Fitch High School Class of 2020 gather for their drive-in style graduation ceremony Friday, June, 19, 2020 in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Graduate James Erfe poses for a photo for friends Marissa Caraballo, left, and Wendyanne Caraballo Friday, June 19, 2020, before the Stonington High School drive-in style graduation ceremony at Olde Mistick Village in Mystic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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While seated next to her vehicle graduate Eliza Gilbert receives her diploma from Caroline Chapman, school receptionist secretary, Friday, June 22, 2020, during the Stonington High School drive-in style graduation ceremony at Olde Mistick Village in Mystic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Bryan Burdick, softball coach at NFA, and wife, Melissa, with their daughters, Norah, 6, left, and Tessa, 4, right, at their home Thursday, June 18, 2020, in North Stonington. The Burdicks are foster parents and currently have a foster baby, not shown. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Tauney Kennedy, portraying a privateer, left, with the Big Bear Trading Company, chats with Beth Vogt, right, as she weaves a basket, while craftsman Fred Vogt, center, works at his workbench during the "Living History Goes Outdoors" event Saturday, June 2020, at the Leffingwell House Museum in Norwich. The Vogts are members of the Lebanon Town Militia. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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