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Wallace Ng was carrying a watering can Saturday morning, the first day of Pawtuxet Memorial Park “Avenue of Flags.” A Memorial Day tradition, the avenue features more than 300 large …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/30/24
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As the tradition, Pawtuxet Memorial Park paid tribute to veterans with its avenues of flags , each bearing the name of a deceased veteran buried in the cemetery on Harrison Avenue. Weather could not …
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6/15/23
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A Memorial Day ceremony will take place at Veterans Memorial Park, located outside of Veterans Middle School, Monday, May 29th at 10 a.m.
Mayor Frank Picozzi and Representative Camille …
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5/25/23
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Louise Vadeboncoeur and her husband moved to Belize after retirement so as to stretch their retirement funds and enjoy the weather and the sea. They have a condo on the water and found, as their …
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5/18/23
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By CASEY BISETTI
Clouds hung heavy in the sky after rainfall the night before, but slivers of sunlight slipped through to illuminate three flags dancing in the wind outside of the Warwick City …
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6/15/22
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Perhaps the “Man in Black” summed it up best, when he sang his 1974 ballad “That Ragged Old Flag.”
“So we raise her up every morning,” sang …
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By RORY SCHULER
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6/15/22
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By Johnny Cash
… I walked through a county courthouse square
On a park bench an old man was sitting there
I said, your old courthouse is kinda run down
He said, naw, it’ll do …
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6/15/22
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As it has done for decades Pawtuxet Memorial Cemetery lined the roads leading through the cemetery with American flags bearing the names of veterans buried there. The flags serves as a reflective …
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6/1/22
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By CASEY BISETTI
“There are too many to burn.”
That was what Representative Camille Vella-Wilkinson said at this year’s annual Warwick Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony at …
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6/1/22
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The Warwick Commission on Historical Cemeteries Commissioner Dawn Lewis recently replaced last year’s American Flag with a new one at this Veteran’s Grave in Brayton Cemetery in Apponaug. …
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5/18/22
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When Mayor Frank Picozzi sought to express solidary with the people of Ukraine, he turned to his staff to see how they might obtain a Ukrainian flag to fly at City Hall. Meg Underwood, director of …
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3/10/22
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Patriotic display Mayor Frank Picozzi transformed the section of Post Road that runs in front of City Hall into an avenue of flags on the days leading up to 9-11. Picozzi bought the flags and the material to display them from each of the village's
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9/16/21
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Putting the colors in the spotlight Thanks to the efforts of several Warwick Neck residents, a piece of Warwick history has a new shine. City-owned land on Warwick Neck Avenue dominated by a boulder bearing a brass plate informing that the home of
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5/13/21
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By PEDER S. SCHAEFER On March 12 last year, Ken Gilbert, the newly elected commodore of the Edgewood Yacht Club, drew a big X through the club's remaining events for the spring and summer, after Rhode Island went into full COVID-19 lockdown. The social
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By PEDER S. SCHAEFER
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3/3/21
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A salute to our colors For the past 65 years Dedham, Mass. American Legion Post 18 has helped observe Flag Day with a parade that steps off at 6 p.m. on June 14 and concludes with the lowering of the flag. The pandemic put a stop to the parade, but not
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6/18/20
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- With the signing of an executive order at Warwick City Hall on Monday afternoon, Governor Gina Raimondo advocated towards enacting a statewide “Red Flag” policy to restrict certain individuals from obtaining or possessing a firearm.
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By Ethan Hartley
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2/27/18
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