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For a few hours on Saturday, Dec. 15, Tweet Balzanos Family Restaurant in Bristol became a family home for nearly 220 members of the 176 families with deployed soldiers in the Rhode Island National Guard's 103rd Field Artillery unit, Charlie Battery, based in Bristol. They joined together as one to share holiday cheer, a four-course meal and lots of presents, courtesy of the Bristol Rotary Club.
The Bristol Phoenix was there, and we invited family members to record messages for their loved ones serving overseas in Iraq. Collected here are the heartwarming wishes from children, spouses and loved ones who aren't quite whole for Christmas this year.
If you'd like to send your message to the troops overseas, or if any soldiers would like to record their responses and send them to us, click here.
The Bristol Phoenix was there, and we invited family members to record messages for their loved ones serving overseas in Iraq. Collected here are the heartwarming wishes from children, spouses and loved ones who aren't quite whole for Christmas this year.
If you'd like to send your message to the troops overseas, or if any soldiers would like to record their responses and send them to us, click here.