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

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

-Paper note cards are available. With a color photo of each individual memorial bridge plaque on the EP Veterans Memorial Expressway (EPVME, better known as I-195, from the Washington Bridge to RI / MA state line), each card has a short biography of its two war heroes. A set of 20 note cards with envelopes includes photos of the EPVME memorial bridge plaques, Pierce Memorial Stadium, and the Andrews Brothers' exit and dedication wreath. Suggested donation: $15 for a set of 20 cards or 75 cents for a single card of the gates at Pierce Memorial Stadium. Proceeds will be used to purchase additional biographical signage. Text, taken from the book "Veterans with Individual War Memorials in E. Prov., RI", was placed near each war memorial plaque to inform visitors about these veterans. But the laminated signage with flowers blew away. Ideas to create permanent waterproof signage and donations of silk or plastic flowers and red ribbon bows to decorate the 28 memorial plaques 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, medal/awards, etc.), and corrections. Longer biographical information and a military photo also can be submitted.

Also collecting stories of personal memories of what East Providence 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?

The website, www.sites.google.com/view/epvmer2021  or google EPVMER2021, was reformatted with tabs to locate various topics about the EPVME, such as the video of the live 60th anniversary re-dedication ceremony in 2021, locations where to find the EP veterans' reference book to read, and the EP Military Service Honor Roll. Contact epvme@hotmail.com