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PHOTOS: Westerly Morris Men Welcome Spring

The Westerly Morris Men celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance at the summit of Lantern Hill in North Stonington on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The Westerly Morris Men celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance at the summit of Lantern Hill in North Stonington on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

Spectators sit at the Lantern Hill summit in North Stonington as the Westerly Morris Men celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

Squire Peter Leibert of Preston, the founder of The Westerly Morris Men, plays the accordion at the Lantern Hill trailhead after the hike from the summit as they celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance in North Stonington on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The Westerly Morris Men celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance at the summit of Lantern Hill in North Stonington on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The Westerly Morris Men celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance at the summit of Lantern Hill in North Stonington on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

Hal Walker dances with the sunrise as the Westerly Morris Men celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance at the summit of Lantern Hill in North Stonington on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The Westerly Morris Men celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance at the summit of Lantern Hill in North Stonington on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

Squire Peter Leibert of Preston, the founder of The Westerly Morris Men, plays the accordion at the Lantern Hill trailhead after the hike from the summit as they celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance in North Stonington on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

Hal Walker dances with the sunrise as the Westerly Morris Men celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance at the summit of Lantern Hill in North Stonington on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

Squire Peter Leibert of Preston, the founder of The Westerly Morris Men, plays the accordion at the Lantern Hill trailhead after the hike from the summit as they celebrate the 38th Annual Vernal Equinox sunrise dance in North Stonington on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The actual Equinox will occur at 11:06 on March 19. The Westerly Morris Men are celebrating their 50th year this year and will be dancing at their annual May Day event on May 1, 2024, at 5:45 AM at Connecticut College in New London. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)