Taylor Swift and Squad Show Love for Rhode Island at Fourth of July Bash
The Grammy Award-winning singer and her celeb and model friends invaded Westerly, and all the international press ate it up.

Thank you Taylor Swift and friends for visiting the Ocean State over the weekend for the Grammy Award-winning singer's annual pre-Fourth of July bash, and putting Rhode Island on the map once again. The singer's group of friends partied at Taylor's mansion on Watch Hill (conveniently located within snooping distance of the Ocean House), and it included Taylor's new boyfriend English actor Tom Hiddleston, actors Blake Lively (expecting baby number two) and her hubby Ryan Reynolds, models Gigi Hadid and Karlie Kloss, Taylor's brother Austin, and a few other friends. Today, Taylor released her own professionally shot photos from the bash (read: not faraway paparazzi photos), which revolved around a giant inflatable slide with the word "Taymerica" splashed across it. The story was covered in People magazine, the Daily Mail, TMZ, Us Weekly and more. Expect more tours of teenieboppers stopping by Rhode Island for a glimpse of the pop star.
Here are Taylor's photos from her party.
Read Rhode Island Monthly's October 2013 story, "The New Girl," by Alyssa Giacobbe, explaining the effect Taylor Swift is having on Westerly.