§ 25-2-33 - Peter Francisco Day. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 25-2-33

   § 25-2-33  Peter Francisco Day. – The fifteenth day of March shall annually be set aside to be known as "PeterFrancisco Day" and the governor shall issue an annual proclamation inviting andurging people of the state to observe this day in suitable places withappropriate ceremonies. Peter Francisco Day shall be in remembrance of thefeats of valor and courage during our nation's war for independence of PeterFrancisco, who was found without family or home at the age of five in Virginia,apparently separated from his Portuguese immigrant parents. This observancewill call to the attention of the people of our state the heroism in ournation's many wars of American soldiers of Portuguese ancestry.