PORTSMOUTH — Local veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm will be honored on Monday, Nov. 13, starting at 6 p.m. at Portsmouth Town Hall.
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PORTSMOUTH — Local veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm will be honored on Monday, Nov. 13, starting at 6 p.m. at Portsmouth Town Hall.
If you are a veteran who served during that era and did not receive notification by mail of this event, contact Carolyn Evans-Carbery by Sunday, Nov. 12, at 401/683-9375, or send an e-mail to foundersbrook@verizon.net.
In other news, American Legion Post 18 and VFW Post 5390 will host a Veterans Day ceremony entitled “Civil Preparedness: Disaster Response” at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, at Portsmouth Town Hall. The public is welcome.
A spaghetti dinner hosted by VFW Auxiliary Post 5390 will be held at the Alvaro E. Vieira VFW Post Hall on Anthony Road, Portsmouth, from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 12. Veterans eat for free; a suggested $5 donation will be collected from others. The menu will offer salad, spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread and dessert.
The Disabled American Vets (DAV) Chapter 15 will hold its next meeting at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 27, in the conference room in the new Rhode Island Veterans’ Home in Bristol.
Veterans Corner is a roundup of news and events that are of interest to local veterans.