Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery

03/10/2026

We will begin the spring clean up starting on March 16th. If you have any holiday decorations you want to keep then please remove them prior to next Monday.

12/09/2025

Our annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony will take place this Saturday, December 13th at 12 noon. After the ceremony we will place wreaths in sections AS1, I-2, I-4 and I-5. Hope to see you there.

09/18/2025

A huge thanks to RI Energy for organizing and supporting Saluting Branches at the cemetery yesterday. Through their efforts we planted 9 new trees and removed plenty of dead limbs and several dead trees. Thanks to Stanley Tree Service for replanting a garden bed at our Main Chapel. Also thanks to all the crews from ABC tree service, Achin’ Back Tree Service and Dave’s Tree Service.

07/01/2025

Thanks to all the Navy Chaplains who helped us clean headstones in A3 and A5 today.

06/05/2025

Our paving project will now start a day earlier. Milling of the pavement will start on Sunday night, June 8th.

06/02/2025

From June 9th to June 12th, RIVMC will be having the main entry road and administration parking lot re-paved. Work will take place during the overnight hours from 7 pm to 7 am each day. Please bear with us during this much needed improvement project. Access to the cemetery will still be available during the normal visiting hours from 7 am to 7 pm. Please drive carefully as the road will be milled down and then re-paved.

05/20/2025

On Monday, May 26, 2025, at 1:00 P.M., the Rhode Island Office of Veterans Services will host the State of Rhode Island’s 51st Annual Memorial Day Ceremony, commemorating the men and women who have died while in military service. The annual event, taking place at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, remembers those who gave their all in the service of America and in the service of freedom. We remember their sacrifice, their valor, and their grace. Grace Rochelle, recipient of Rhode Island’s Voice of Democracy Essay Award, will serve as the featured speaker.

05/13/2025

On Saturday, May 24th, 2025, at 8:30 AM, RIVMC will host our annual grave flagging for the cemetery. All Volunteers are welcome to come and assist. Large boxes of American stick flags will be placed at various locations throughout the cemetery. Volunteers can take the flags and go to any section to place the flags at the top of each headstone. Please be respectful of the Veterans graves and other volunteers.

05/07/2025

05/02/2025

Due to construction at RIVMC and the new DCYF Center on the LADD campus, the water will be shut off to the cemetery on the following dates


Saturday May 17, 2025
Wednesday May 28, 2025

All public restrooms will not be in service those dates. We will have two port a johns available at the kiosk building for emergencies.

Please inform your families if they have a service on these dates that restroom amenities at the cemetery will not be available.

04/30/2025

Thank you to all the Vietnam Veterans who commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the end of the war today. We appreciated the remarks from the Honorable Francis Flaherty and thanks to Ernie Boisvert for organizing the event.

04/07/2025

Due to construction at RIVMC and the new DCYF Center on the LADD campus, the water will be shut off to the cemetery on the following dates:

Wednesday April 9, 2025
Saturday May 3, 2025
Saturday May 17, 2025

All public restrooms will not be in service those dates. We will have two port a johns available at the kiosk building for emergencies.

Please inform your families if they have a service on these dates that restroom amenities at the cemetery will not be available.