March 28, 2024

Tracy's Flags Wave Proudly Again

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Annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday in Riverside

In May of 2014, then city councilwoman-at-Large, Tracy Capobianco wanted to see the annual Memorial Day parade route festooned with American flags. Capobianco was inspired by a family trip through the town of Agawam, Massachusetts. "Their main street is lined with American flags on the poles, it looks so fabulous. I always thought that that would look terrific in EP," she recalled in a 2014 interview. Capobianco decided to do something quick. "At one of the Riverside Renaissance movement meetings, we had discussed sprucing up the square. I shared my idea of flags with them in hopes we could put them in Riverside Square." Well it seems that her patriotic notion has moved many locals. American flags began popping up all over Riverside and that tradition continues today.

While the flag program is intended to coincide with the annual Memorial Day parade held every year in Riverside, the movement has caught on throughout the city. American flags are on many local homes and the East Providence Veteran's Advisory Committee has helped with flag projects and the Veterans Flag memorial on Vets Parkway.

Although Capobianco is quick to credit many like Jim Miller and many others with helping with this project, she is truly the catalyst behind the movement.

"I'm glad the flag project continues," said the now former councilwoman-at-large. "The Memorial Day Parade is better than ever and I'm so proud of the patriotism showed by so many in East Providence," said Capobianco. The parade is slated to step off on Monday morning Memorial Day at 9:00 am. The parade starts at the former Oldham School near the Carousel and ends at the American Legion hall on Willet Avenue in Riverside.

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