National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

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.