Posts Tagged ‘war memorial’
National Desert Storm and Shield Groundbreaking – John A. Cianci
by John A. Cianci, Department Veterans Service Officer, Italian American War Veterans (ITAM) Over 31 years ago, hundreds of Rhode Islanders were part of a U.S. led international military coalition expelling occupying Iraqi troops from Kuwait. Now planners have broken ground on the long-simmering plans for a Gulf War memorial. The memorial will become the…
Read MoreDamage at Providence War Memorial. Graffiti remained for Memorial Day.
Photo: ABC6 Twitter Graffiti damage sat untouched for all of Memorial Day at the Providence War Memorial. John DePetro first broke the story of graffiti vandalism, with a video that was followed by television stations. Providence Police reported calls came in around 8am. Requests to the city of Providence have been made to determine why…
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