While in Woonsocket, learn how we honor military veterans and preserve their history. The Veterans Memorial Museum is home to one of the largest collections of veterans- associated artifacts in Rhode Island featuring pieces from the Revolutionary War all the way to our current military. End your busy day in Woonsocket with a meal at Chan’s or ye Olde English Fish & Chips, which have both been open for over 100 years. you can also take a short drive to glocester to dine at Tavern On Main which has a long history that dates back all the way to the early 1700s. The kelly House museum "We've got a lot of rare stuff here. One time I had the consultant for Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers come down and look at a helmet in our museum and he goes, 'Glenn, I can't believe you have this! Only twenty exist. I've only seen three in my entire career traveling the world.' " glenn, director of Veterans memorial museum FOr MOrE hisTOriC siTEs TOuRBlACkSTONE.COm 29

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