Come In Person to Submit Names to E. P. Military Service Honor Roll and Purchase Notecards

Visit the Rock E P Senior Center, 610 Waterman Ave., on Wed., Feb. 19, between 10:30 am -12:30 pm. to submit names to (and to view names on a paper print out of) the virtual EP Military Service Honor Roll. Please include new names of former and present E. P. residents and corrections, of any or all details: in memory of (dead), in honor of (alive, retired, or active service), last name, rank, first name, middle name or initial, service area, country/war, branch (includes National Guard Reserves), awards/medals, etc. If you wish to include a military photo, bring it so it can be photographed on site and returned to you. Otherwise, names can be submitted year-round to epvme@hotmail.com.  

This Military Service Honor Roll includes the names of the 2125 EP High School students who served in WWII. Help is needed to read cursive to properly spell some names. Please inquire how you can volunteer to assist with this.

The next Honor Roll update will be posted in March on the website, www.sites.google.com/view/epvmer2021.  This is a collection of the history of the E P Veterans Memorial Expressway (EPVME) and includes recent photos of I-195 and the demolition of the westbound Washington Bridge.

Come to view and purchase a set of 20 note cards with photos of each EPVME memorial bridge plaque, Pierce Memorial Stadium gates, and the Andrews Brothers’ exit and dedication wreath. Suggested donations are $15 a set or 75 cents for a single card and envelope. Proceeds will be used to purchase informative biographical signage to be placed near the war memorials. Donations of silk or plastic flowers and red ribbon or bows to decorate the 28 plaques can also be dropped off at this time.

Biographical info on the veterans’ note cards was taken from the reference book “Veterans With Individual War Memorials in E. Prov., RI”. This book is available for public viewing in the EP Senior Center’s library and at both branches of the E. Prov. library.


The portion of Interstate195 from the Washington Bridge east to the state line was named in 1961 the “E. Prov. Veterans Memorial Expressway” (EPVME) to remember and honor our veterans. To learn who they are, as a dead (in memory of) or live (in honor of) veteran, retired, or if currently serving, this virtual list of names has been compiled since 2019.

Also collecting stories of personal memories, prior to 1957, of what East Providence was like before the EPVME and East Shore Expressway (ESE) were constructed. Where are the houses now that were moved to build these expressways?