Post by Franklin Matters.
I also realized that there have been so many new subscribers in the past year that it would be worthwhile to re-share the link. So without further ado:
From wikipedia:
Although September 2 is the designated V-J Day in the entire United States, the event is recognized as an official holiday only in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, where the holiday's official name is "Victory Day",[20] and it is observed on the second Monday of August. There have been several attempts in the 1980s and 1990s to eliminate or rename the holiday on the grounds that it is discriminatory. While those all failed, the Rhode Island General Assembly did pass a resolution in 1990 "stating that Victory Day is not a day to express satisfaction in the destruction and death caused by nuclear bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki."[21] It is instead commemorative of those who fought, as Rhode Island sent a significantly above-average percentage of its population into the Pacific theater.
To recognize the Franklin Fallen heroes from World War II, I'll be sharing their information this week.
Thanks to Rose Turco for putting it together to recognize them and for allowing me to share this with you.
What is the Fallen Heroes Series?
A description of each of the street signs that are found around Franklin to acknowledge the individual who lived near there and gave his life in either World War II or the Vietnam War.
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| Cpl John J Kell - Raymond St |
Note: There have been some additions to the signs to recognize those individuals from Afghanistan and Iraq but their info is not included in here at this time.
You can find the complete listing here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/08/franklin-fallen-heroes-series.html
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