March 28, 2024

Celebrate Veterans' Day with a parade of greeting cards

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This year, due to the present pandemic, historical veterans' related celebrations have been scaled down, if held at all. The East Providence Veterans Memorial Expressway (EPVME) Re-dedication 2021 committee encourages the public to mail notes of appreciation or "thank you for your service" commercial or hand-made cards to our veterans and present military members to help celebrate Veterans' Day. This year, November 11th will occur on a Wednesday.

2020 marks 75 years after the end of the Second World War.

President F. D. Roosevelt joined England and France, in the war after Japan's surprise bombing of U. S. ships in Pearl Harbor, HI in Dec. 1941. By May 1944, 3600 East Providence residents had been sent overseas to defend many countries against Germany (Hitler), Italy (Mussolini), and Japan. Our military fought against the spread of Communism and to stop the inhumane treatment and murders of innocent people who were not German. After the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on two cities in Japan in August 1945, the Japanese signed a surrender pact that ended the war in early Sept. 1945. East Providence is home to about a dozen residents, ages 92-101, who served in WWII.

Also 70 years ago, citizens of East Providence were present at the beginning of the Korean Conflict (June 25, 1950) until it ended (July 27, 1953).

Please make an effort to let all of our service members know we remember and appreciate their efforts to make this world a better place.

If you see a veteran wearing an embroidered military cap, stop and simply say "Thank you for your service to our country. "

Don't know anyone? Send unsealed cards, with the flap tucked inside, addressed " to any veteran" to your church, or to the Volunteer Office, VA Medical Center, 830 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI. 02908. The VA Medical Center welcomes cards (birthday, get well, thinking of you) all year round.

To read more about the contributions of veterans from E. Prov., view the EP Military Service Honor Roll (Sept. version 3) at www.ephist.org. Deadline for submissions is Oct. 2021. If your organization or business would like to serve as a mail or drop off location for honor roll submissions (for non-email users), please contact Susan Cady at epvme@hotmail.com. 



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