Official State of Rhode Island website

State of Rhode Island Veteran Grave Flags Office of Veterans Services

Volunteers

Welcome to the Volunteers Page, here you will find the groups that volunteer their time to Flag & Honor our Veterans. Below are the group names with their contact information and a link to their website (if they have provided one for that purpose).

This page will change from time to time.  Groups will be added and removed as to the wishes of the group itself. Check back from time to time for updates.

To determine which group has flagged the cemetery or veteran you are interested in, please click on the Graves Page and then find the Town or City of interest and click on the cemetery you are interested in. Once you have found your cemetery or veteran, see who is listed as the flagging authority and return to the Volunteers page to contact them, assist them, or join them.

Volunteers

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) – This group flags Veteran graves throughout Rhode Island with specific emphasis on Civil War Veterans.

National Website: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty (suvcw.org)

Department of Rhode Island Website: Rhode Island Department « Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (risuvcw.org)

National SUVCW Graves Database: www.suvcwdb.org

Barrington

  • United Veterans Council of Barrington, Bart Stanzione, 401-374-1646
  • American Legion Post # 8, Luigi Carusi, 401-245-5911

Block Island/New Shoreham

  • American Legion Post # 36, Charlie Weber, 401-378-0706

Bristol

  • Bristol Veterans Council, Walter Coelho, 508-965-1557

Burrillville

  • American Legion Post # 88, Richard Peck, 401-568-8491
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post # 1023, Ted Hebert, 401-323-7644

Central Falls

  • American Legion Post # 79, Eugene Pytka, 401-726-9437

Charlestown

  • Charlestown Memorial Day Committee, Joseph Dolock, 401-661-5881
  • American Legion Post # 34, Paul Flynn, 401-792-1368

Coventry

  • Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society, Maureen Buffi, coventrycemeteries@gmail.com
  • American Legion Post # 81, Don Babiec, 401-742-4190

Cranston

  • Disabled American Veterans Chapter # 1, Giovanni Folcarelli, 401-942-7562
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post # 592, Raymond Rugg, 401-423-3487
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post # 2812, Thomas Smith, 401-942-9500
  • St Ann’s Cemetery, 401-942-3625
  • St Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, Robert Gauthier, 401-738-5264

Cumberland

East Greenwich

  • American Legion Post # 15, Claudia Smith, 401-338-6416

East Providence

  • Veterans of Foreign Wars # 5385, Farrel Salgueiro, 401-434-8358
  • Ancient Little Neck Cemetery, Michael Znosko, 401-632-9066
  • American Legion Post # 10, Robert Winston, 401-301-5174
  • Lakeside Cemetery, Mike Seger, 401-434-2927

Exeter

  • Troop 45 Exeter Boy Scouts, Robert Muhitch, 401-862-3232

Foster

  • Troop 101 Boy Scouts, Richard Copp, 401-225-0217

Glocester

  • Glocester Historic Cemetery Commission, Bill Brown, 401-301-3050
  • Acote Hill Cemetery, Gary Tucker, 401-568-5860

Hopkinton

Jamestown

  • American Legion Post # 22, Dennis Webster, 401-423-1808

Johnston

  • Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Linda Manuppelli, 401-231-9120

Lincoln

  • American Legion Post # 9, Marcel Menard, 401-301-3879
  • Beacon Pole Hill Chapter NSDAR, Laurie Greaney, 401-316-4339
  • Blackstone Valley Historical Society, Kenneth Postle, 401-524-4166

Little Compton

Middletown

Narragansett

Newport

  • Veterans of Foreign Wars # 406, John Duchesneau, 401-662-0262
  • Chevra Kadisha, Steven Freedman, 401-847-0109

North Kingstown

  • American Legion, William Pennoyer, 401-398-2358
  • American Legion Post # 12, Stephen Sharkey, 401-294-8103
  • Quidnessett Memorial Cemetery, Kyle Garman, 401-884-7691

North Providence

  • Blackstone Valley Historical Society, Kenneth Postle, 401-524-4166

North Smithfield

Pawtucket

  • Blackstone Valley Historical Society, Kenneth Postle, 401-524-4166
  • Korean War Veterans Chapter #1, Kenneth Postle, 401-524-4166
  • City Of Pawtucket, Joey Wilson, 401-728-0500 ext 288
  • AmVets Post # 33, 401-333-5642
  • Mt St Mary’s Cemetery, Robert Degnan, 401-722-9366
  • AmVets Post # 13, Arthur Rodriques, 401-230-3087
  • American Legion Post # 75, Paul Genereaux, 401-726-4053
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars # 306, Raymond Tanguay, 401-714-4769

Portsmouth

  • American Legion Post # 18, Francis Gutierrez, 401-683-6175

Providence

  • North Burial Ground, Analis Heppner, 401-680-5318
  • Swan Point Cemetery, Joseph Cavallaro, 401-272-1314
  • Jewish War Veterans, Ira Fleisher, 401-265-2330
  • St John’s Cemetery, Dorothy Brightman, 401-450-5311

Richmond

Scituate

  • American Legion Post # 19, Richard Borys, 401-647-2290
  • American Legion Post # 43, Thomas Holm, 401-318-6260

Smithfield

  • American Legion Post # 64, Michael Silvia, 401-286-2585

South Kingstown

  • American Legion Post # 34, Paul Flynn, 401-792-1368
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars # 916, Joe Patrick, 401-785-0150

Tiverton

  • Veterans of Foreign Wars # 5392, Tony Lacerda, 401-624-2697
  • Tiverton Historic Cemetery Commission, Robert Martin, 401-624-3276
  • American Legion Post # 37, Bertrand Chretien, 401-635-4652

Warren

  • American Legion Post # 104, Judy Fardig, 401-245-5431

Warwick

West Greenwich

  • West Greenwich Cemetery Committee, Robert Butler, 401-527-0027
  • St Joseph’s Cemetery, Richard Calderone, 401-397-3727

West Warwick

  • Crompton Veterans, Robert Shunski, 401-821-2660
  • West Warwick Veterans Council, Dave Singleton, 401-742-9116
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars # 449, Tom Blount, 401-465-6779
  • Notre Dame Cemetery, Suzanne DeSteffano, 401-821-3236

Westerly

  • American Legion Post # 34, Paul Flynn, 401-792-1368
  • River Bend Cemetery, Greg Howard, 401-596-2724
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars # 8955, William Siano, 401-741-0873

Woonsocket

  • United Veterans Council of Woonsocket, Ernest Boisvert, 401-766-7793
  • Jewish War Veterans, Ira Fleisher, 401-265-2330
  • American Legion Post # 62, Ronald Bennet, 401-762-3587