Chafee Declares Friday Day of Mourning
Let Bristol and Warren readers know where the bells will ring tomorrow.
The following was provided by the Office of Gov. Chafee on Thursday, Dec. 20. Gov. Lincoln Chafee has declared Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 – the one-week anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT – a "Day of Mourning" in the State of Rhode Island. [In Bristol, two churches have scheduled nighttime prayer vigils for Friday night. Click here to read more.] To honor the memory of the 26 victims who lost their lives in the shootings, Chafee has also called for a statewide moment of silence at 9:30 am on that day and has asked that buildings, which have the ability, ring bells 26 times during that moment in honor of each life that was taken. "The past week has been one of great pain for the community of Newtown…
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David E. Barboza
2:26 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
St, Mary's Church which will have a vigil service at 7 pm will ring their bells at 9:30 AM more ›