Welcome to UNITED VETERANS COUNCIL
GREATER WOONSOCKET RI
UNITED VETERANS' COUNCIL
of Greater Woonsocket
Welcome to the newest addition to the United Veterans Council of Greater Woonsocket. This website is for all of us to connect by showcasing information that should be made available to all. The United Veterans Council is made up of 6 different Congressionally recognized Veteran Organizations and 1 local Veteran Organization that was created by you, the Citizens and Veterans of the City of Woonsocket.
The United Veterans Council is a non-partisan, non-profit, 501(c)(3) incorporated organization registered with the state of Rhode Island.
Mission:
- To promote harmony and comradeship among in between the military veteran's member organizations of the city and its bordering communities of this city of Woonsocket RI by mutual assistance avoiding taking part in the internal affairs of such member organizations and for all other purposes and activities as permitted to a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- To uphold and maintain the constitution and the laws of the United States of America and to uphold the ideals of true citizenship and all other purposes and activities as permitted to not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- United Veterans Council shall be non-political and shall not be used for the dissemination of partisan principles nor the promotion of candidacy of persons public office or preferment
- To Foster and Safeguard the rights and privileges to which veterans are legally entitled to and for which they fought to regulate and oversee locally the proper observances and celebrations of Memorial Day, Victory Day, Veteran's Day and any other significant holiday that the council sees fit to recognize observance of the following holidays will be as follows:
- Memorial Day: The united veterans council shall oversee the proper observance of this holiday.
- Victory Day: The United veterans council shall oversee the proper observance of this holiday with the assistance from member organizations and or assigning a volunteer member organization to hold a proper function for this occasion.
- Veteran's Day: The United veterans council shall oversee the proper observance of this holiday.
- Participate in the city's annual autumn-fest parade.
- Annual selection of an individual (who is a veteran) for the United Veterans Council’s "Veteran of the Year” it is a member of one of the member organizations of the United Veterans Council.
