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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 27, 2022
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Honoring
Veterans of Northern R.I.
and
Citizens of Woonsocket
Veterans Memorial
Dedicated July 4, 2000
Gov. Lincoln C. Almond

V.F.W. Post 11519 of Woonsocket
United Veterans Council of Woonsocket
Amvets Post 7 & Aux.
F.A.W.V. Post 15 & Aux.
Purple Hearts & Members
Vietnam Chap. 818 & Persian Gulf Veterans
St. Joseph Veterans Assoc.
Belhumer-Duhamel Post 62
V.F.W. Post 10263 of Lincoln

Mayor: Susan D. Menard
City Council: Roger G. Jalette Sr., Pres. · Normand J. Laliberte Jr.,V. Pres. · Suzanne J. Vadenais · Leo T. Fontaine · J. Michel Martineau · Suzanne E. Pouliot · Vincent P. Ward

( stone in front )
Committee Organizers
Cmdr. Raymond J. Ducharme
Sr. V. Cmdr. Joseph L. B. Nadeau
Jr. V. Cmdr. Omer A. Plante

 
Erected 2000.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 42° 0.178′ N, 71° 30.782′ W. Memorial is in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in Providence County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Court Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office
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area: Woonsocket RI 02895, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Blackstone Valley and in Greater Providence. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial Bridge (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial Park (a few steps from this marker); First Lieutenant Harold F. Flynn Memorial Square (within shouting distance of this marker); Abraham Lincoln (within shouting distance of this marker); The Story of Hachikō (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Abraham Lincoln (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Harris Warehouse (about 500 feet away); Woonsocket YMCA (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Woonsocket.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby.
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 27, 2022
2. Veterans Memorial
( back )
Woonsocket Donators
Hachikō (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 260 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 4, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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Oct. 27, 2026