We should all gratefully honor our veterans — not just today, but every day — for their incredible sacrifices in defending our country and the United States Constitution. What baffles me is the 63 Republican members of the House of Representatives, themselves veterans, who support the presidential candidacy of a man who not only avoided …
(11.6) WaterFire announces the 9th annual WaterFire Salute to Veterans, a full lighting this Saturday honoring Rhode Island’s veterans and active duty military personnel from all service branches. The lighting will begin at 5:50 p.m. in Waterplace Park with a 100 torch salute and performance by Rhode Island Professional Firefighters Pipes and Drums. The torch …
(11.2) The final WaterFire of the season takes place tonight with a full lighting, resource fair, and special events. Starting at 5:45 pm 150 Veterans will march from the State House steps [events start at 4pm] to Waterplace Park Basin led by the Rhode Island Professional Firefighters Pipes and Drums. This will be followed immediately …
(11.5) WaterFire celebrates veterans with a full 80-brazier lighting at their 4th annual WaterFire Salute to Veterans event. The evening will include a veterans resource fair, ceremonies, and tributes throughout the night. The WaterFire lighting begins with a 150 Veteran Torch Procession and 300 Veteran Ring of Fire in Waterplace Basin. WaterFire invites you to …
At least while we tend to the latest cohort of returning veterans . . . let’s have a few decades to catch up. A message from Michael McPhearson, executive director of Veterans for Peace, founded in 1985. “Our message for Memorial Day is to remember all who have died in war and to understand that …
Remember when the sons of privilege considered it an honor and a duty to fight for their country? This arch on the Brown campus is flanked by two large panels filled with the names of students and faculty who died serving their military in foreign wars, many as privates and sergeants. Today we have what’s …
7pm in 115 Macmillan Hall (on Thayer, next to Science Library), 23 year-old Iraq vet Kris Goldsmith speaks about his experience fighting in Iraq: Kris enlisted in the Army at age 18 and was deployed to Iraq in January 2005. He soon found out that the American military presence was unwelcom by most Iraqis, and …