EP Veterans' Memorial Expressway
60th Anniversary Re-dedication held in 2021
GOAL: To remember our veterans and service members so their sacrifices and efforts are not forgotten
HOW:
- Collects and shares info on this website
- Maintains EP Military Service Honor Roll - names of E. P. residents who served and are serving our country
- Requested the replacement of missing EPVME bridge memorial plaques. RIDOT installed the plaques in 2021.
- Established the Andrews' Brothers Memorial on Broadway westbound exit ramp in 2017; dedicated on Nov. 7, 2021
- Organized and hosted the EPVMER2021 double re-dedication ceremony on Nov. 6, 2021
- Created visuals: photo display at EP City Hall, on-line stay at home ceremony and tributes, 2 videos of the live Nov. 6 ceremony, notecards with biographical details
- Locates and shares veteran related historical (history, people, memorials, organizations, etc.) documents
- Researched and published an educational reference book about the lives of EP war veterans with individual war memorials in March 2023
- Submission of names to the virtual EP Military Honor Roll and purchase of the notecards with a bridge memorial plaque photo and biographical info about our EPVME veterans are now available via email.
- Biographical information about the veterans was placed, with flowers, on their bridge memorial plaque in March 2024.
The laminated cards (photos below) did not survive the weather. So more permanent signage is planned. Suggestions are welcome.