RHODE ISLAND MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS WHO WERE EITHER BORN IN, OR WHOSE AWARD WAS ACCREDITED TO, THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ONCE SAID "WE IN AMERICA DO NOT BUILD MONUMENTS TO WAR. WE DO NOT BUILD MONUMENTS TO CONQUEST. WE BUILD MONUMENTS TO COMMEMORATE THE SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE IN WAR-REMINDERS OF OUR DESIRE FOR PEACE."
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL KEEP THE SPIRIT OF THESE BRAVE HEROES ALIVE BY USING THIS MEMORIAL AS A PLACE TO REFLECT ON THE GREAT SACRIFICES OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS HAVE MADE ON BEHALF OF SO MANY AMERICANS. FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
SEE ALSO-RHODE ISLAND MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, & C
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ONCE SAID "WE IN AMERICA DO NOT BUILD MONUMENTS TO WAR. WE DO NOT BUILD MONUMENTS TO CONQUEST. WE BUILD MONUMENTS TO COMMEMORATE THE SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE IN WAR-REMINDERS OF OUR DESIRE FOR PEACE."
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL KEEP THE SPIRIT OF THESE BRAVE HEROES ALIVE BY USING THIS MEMORIAL AS A PLACE TO REFLECT ON THE GREAT SACRIFICES OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS HAVE MADE ON BEHALF OF SO MANY AMERICANS. FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
SEE ALSO-RHODE ISLAND MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, & C
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Listing Details
- AccessCemetery
- Wars CommemoratedCIVIL WAR THROUGH VIETNAM WAR
- Type of MemorialMedal of Honor War Memorials
- LocationRHODE ISLAND VETERANS CEMETERY
- City
- State
- Zip Code02822
- Photograph ByDON MORFE
- Submitted ByCOURTESY OF HMdb.org
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