Exhibit remembers Coventry's Rice brothers
COVENTRY â On Dec. 7, 1941, a young Coventry resident was among more than 2,400 Americans killed in the attack that launched the United States into World War II. Nearly four years later, the same war claimed his brotherâs life. âI want people to know their town,â Norma Smith, treasurer of the Coventry Historical Society, said of the organizationâs display in the Coventry Public Library, dedicated to brothers Wilson Albert and Donald S. Rice. âI think that these stories should be told.â Within a glass case inside the library, old telegrams and newspaper c...
Source: ricentral.com