Friday, May 4, 2012
A few personal expressions of support for preserving the Place Jolicoeur Memorial.
More than a thousand people showed for a rally at Woonsocket Fire Department Headquarters answering a challenge demanding removal of religious symbols from the Place Jolicoeur memorial and Fire Department website. WPRO's John DePetro introduced a long list of dignataries, including Mayor Leo Fontaine and Retired RI Adjutant General Reginald Centracchio on the stage, but people in the crowd made their opinions on the demands of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) known, too. On the sidewalk in front of Fire Department Headquarters at 5 Cumberland Hill Road, Mikayla Bond, 11, sported a sign reading simply, "Save the cross." She was there with her sister, Cheyenne, 14, and their friend Savannah Russ, 13. MIkayla and Cheyenne's mom, …
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Throngs crowd Place Jolicoeur to oppose demand to remove cross from monument.
Thousands gathered outside Woonsocket Fire Department Headquarters to show support for keeping the Place Jolicoeur Memorial in place and intact. The rally was organized by Retired RI Adjutant General Reginald Centracchio after a challenge demanding removal of religious symbols from the Place Jolicoeur memorial and Fire Department website. People stood around the memorial itself, filling the parking lot of the fire station. Some even took a birds-eye seat across the street on a high berm running parallel to Cumberland Hill Road. WPRO's John DePetro was the master of ceremonies for the event that showcased speeches from several dignataries, including Mayor Leo Fontaine, Centracchio and Sami Wellington, 13, of Cumberland, a seventh-grader at …
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Mark Ahlquist, father of Jessica Ahlquist, said his family has nothing to do with complaints over a cross at a Woonsocket war memorial.
It's easy to make a connection between the Cranston prayer banner case and the most recent controversy in Woonsocket over a cross at a war memorial at a fire station. Mark Ahlquist, father of Jessica Ahlquist — the Cranston West student and plaintiff at the center of the prayer banner case — said that his family "once again. . .is being targeted with hate" and people are assuming that they're connected to the Woonsocket situation. "We have absolutely nothing to do with that situation," Ahlquist said in an e-mail message. "For several reasons, I consider it to be a very different case than the prayer banner," Ahlquist said. In fact, Ahlquist agrees with some of the supporters who came out to defend his daughter in her legal case against …
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Statement comes hours before rally to preserve memorial, web site in face of demands of Freedom From Religion Foundation.
In a release distributed today, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin applauded Mayor Leo Fontaine, the Woonsocket City Council and the City of Woonsocket for gearing to fight a challenge demanding removal of religious symbols from the Place Jolicoeur memorial and Fire Department website. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) wants a cross removed from the monument and the Firefighter's Prayer and image of an angel removed from the website. Kilmartin's support is added to that of Retired RI Adjutant General Reginald Centracchio, who has organized a rally to support keeping the monument at Fire Department Headquarters as-is, to be held at the site today, 4:30 p.m. Last night, the City Council considered a resolution to set up an …
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Welcome to Wednesday, Woonsocket - Here are some things to know:
Rally - Retired RI Adjutant General Reginald Centracchio has organized a rally to support keeping the monument at Fire Department Headquarters as-is, to be held at the site Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has sent a letter to Woonsocket Mayor Leo Fontaine demanding removal of religious symbols from a monument and city website. Mayor Leo Fontaine says the city's been getting thousands of e-mails in support and many calls asking for the address to the 5 Cumberland Hill Road site, so be prepared for a big crowd, just in case. Baseball action - Come out and cheer on the Woonsocket High School Boys' Varsity Baseball team at this morning's home game against North Smithfield High School, 3:45 p.m. at Barry …
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russell archambault
3:37 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
JIM; what is the symbol of atheism? hollow air?---- good points ! more ›