Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery unveils War Dog Memorial

Gino DeAngelis,
The War Dog Memorial at the the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery. (Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery)

EXETER, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery dedicated its new War Dog Memorial on Saturday.

The cemetery said that the memorial was dedicated to military canines and the service members who served with them.

The memorial was designed by sculptor A. Thomas Schomberg, who also designed the “Rocky” statue in Philadelphia, as well as War Dog Memorials at March Airfield Museum in California and Sacrifice Field at Fort Benning, Georgia.

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