Organization to Reveal Veterans Plate Design at State House

At noon Monday, the organization working toward a Massachusetts license plate benefiting veterans - Disabled and Limbless Veterans - will unveil the design for their plate in the Memorial Hall of Flags at the State House. 

Once 3,000 Massachusetts vehicle owners commit to purchasing the patriotic plate, the Registry of Motor Vehicles will begin producing the plates and taking additional orders.

The plates are not limited to veterans, so all interested citizens are encouraged to reserve a plate. A special fee of $40, in addition to regular Registry of Motor Vehicles fees, covers a contribution to Disabled and Limbless Veterans and the production of the plate.

The “Supporting our Veterans” license plate will allow the Disabled and Limbless Veterans organization to give financial support to other organizations that assist veterans and their families such as the New England Center for Homeless Veterans, Operation Troop Support, and Fisher House Boston.

Mike McNulty, of Norwood, the Founder and CEO of Disabled and Limbless Veterans is a U.S. Marine Corps/Vietnam Combat Veteran who began the organization to create this plate to honor and support War Veterans.

“I am thankful and proud that we’re at this point and now we need to cross the goal line to make this license plate program a reality,” McNulty said in a press release.

McNulty turned to his (then) State Representative, Ted Speliotis (D-Danvers), for guidance when he began the effort exactly eight years ago.

“I am proud to be a part of this effort," Speliotis said in the release. "There are so many family members and friends of soldiers who have fought overseas who want to lend their support to deployed troops and this is very concrete way to do that.”

The organizations that will benefit from the proceeds of the plate expressed support and appreciation for the effort to promote the plates and raise funds benefitting Veterans.

“Operation Troop Support wholeheartedly endorses the Supporting our Veterans license plate as it becomes a very visual reminder that those brave men and women who went into harm’s way to protect our freedoms deserve our thanks,” said Lt. Col. Dick Moody, USAF (Ret.) the Founder and Director of Operation Troop Support.

“We are honored that Fisher House will be one of the beneficiaries of this effort,” said Jennifer DeLuca of Fisher House, Boston. “Our men and women in uniform, and their families, are our national treasures and this plate will help us help them.”

Editor's note: From a press release from Limbless and Disabled Veterans.