EP Military Service Honor Roll Submissions Requested and EPVME (I-195) Notecards Available

The EP Veterans Memorial Expressway (EPVME) Re-dedication 2021 Committee announces a fundraiser and requests new and updated submissions to the EP Military Service Honor Roll.

Paper notecards, with a color photo of each individual memorial bridge plaque of the EP Veterans Memorial Expressway (EPVME, better known as I-195) with a short biography of its two war heroes, are available.

A set of 20 notecards with envelopes includes photos of the EPVME memorial bridge plaques, Pierce Memorial Stadium, and Andrews Brothers' exit and wreath. Suggested donation: $15 set of 20 cards or 75 cents for a single card. Multiple copies of one plaque can be ordered.

Proceeds will be used to purchase additional biographical signage. The text, taken from the book "Veterans with Individual War Memorials in E. Prov., RI", will be placed near each war memorial plaque to inform visitors about these veterans. Initially the signage will be laminated. Then later, the biographical text and photos of the veterans will be displayed in a permanent waterproof case. Other display suggestions are welcome.

The EP Military Service Honor Roll is being updated. Please submit new submissions (in memory of (now dead) / in honor of (alive), last name, rank, first name, middle name or initial, service area, country/war, branch), corrections, and updates. Longer biographical information and a military photo also can be submitted.

Also collecting stories of personal memories of what EP was like, in the 1950s, before the EPVME and East Shore Expressway (ESE) were constructed. Where are the houses now that were moved to build the expressways?

To submit EP Military Service Honor Roll names and a notecard order, visit the EP Senior Center at 610 Waterman Ave. on Tuesday, Jan. 16 between 10 a. m. - 12 noon or email epvme@hotmail.com  (Please email notecard orders before Feb. 2, 2024.) Cards will be delivered before March.

A collection of EP veterans' history, where to find the EP veterans' book to read, and the EP Military Service Honor Roll can be found on the website www.sites.google.com/view/epvmer2021  or google EPVMER2021.