2,000 Gather in Support of Woonsocket War Memorial
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Nearly 2,000 Rhode Islanders rallied to support a war memorial located outside of a Woonsocket fire station on Wednesday.
The crowd was angry that a Wisconsin-based organization has threatened legal action against the city because it objects to the monument, which recognizes those lost in the two World Wars and has a cross on it.
Supporters of the monument have made it clear they are willing to continue to battle in the court.
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