Seeking info of EP Veterans' history

SEEKING INFO ABOUT  E . PROV. VETERANS’ HISTORY

Info sought and items to share please.

-When in 2022, was the display of military seals placed in the Garden of Flags in Squantum Woods? By what organization?

-Seeking to read the 1950 dedication program for the Riverside WWII memorial. 

It has a list of names of veterans who served.

When was it moved to the present location in Riverside Square on the bike path?

- Where was the Sgt. Nicholas Monteleone Veterans Post located? When did it give up its charter?

  When was his memorial placed at Broadway and Center St.?  It was originally at a different location.

   In 2022, Sgt. Nicholas photo was added to his memorial. Who placed it there? Seeking to contact his brother/ Monteleone family members

-What other Italian-American VFW Posts or Legions existed in E. Prov.?

- Primmer-Cordeiro VFW Post   When was the building’s exterior renovated, turned from black to white? Windows were covered.  Was the white color due to new vinyl siding or new paint? Does anyone have a close up photo of the stone and flagpole on the former Lyon Ave. property to share? Have any photos of the old Ellis School before the PC-VFW renovated the building?

-Stark-Parker Post No. 21 of the American Legion   What year did it give up its charter? Where was their meeting place?

- What other VFW or American Legions existed in E. Prov.?

- Searching for personal memories of the land before the EP Veterans Memorial Expressway, Route I-195 and East Shore Expressway (ESE) were constructed.

Seeking to know where each house was moved to or if the house was demolished. Seeking photos of these houses/ businesses at their old and new locations.

-When (what year) was the bridge exit from I-195 to Taunton Ave. replaced? 

-Photos and info sought about the WWII veteran families who lived in the Quonset huts on Lyon Ave., next to Pierce Stadium, in late 1940s-early 1950s

-Does any paper program exist for the 1987 dedication of the Wars Memorial at City Hall Plaza?  

posted March  11, 2024