RHODE ISLAND MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor War Memorials
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR THROUGH VIETNAM WAR
Photograph By: DON MORFE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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
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