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Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus to hold its Annual Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 30, at 10:30 AM
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Ho-Ho-Kus NJ, on Monday, May 30, at 10:30 AM, the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus will hold its annual Memorial Day Parade starting at Sheridan and Ardmore Avenues and concluding at the War Memorial on East Franklin Turnpike for a Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the V.F.W. Washington Post 192. The ceremony will feature a wreath laying, a rifle salute and a dedication to the unveiling of our Hometown Hero decorative banners honoring our own Ho-Ho-Kus military service members.
Academy of the Holy Angels Volunteers Place Flags for Memorial Day
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Demarest NJ, Angels for Veterans Moderator Angela Kunz and group member Reilly Guy ensured that veterans who are interred at the Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery & Mausoleum would be remembered on Memorial Day. These Academy of the Holy Angels volunteers worked with the Fair Lawn Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to place an American flag on every veteran’s grave.
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Memorial Day, Monday, May 31 with Bergen County Historical Society
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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County Historical Society; Each year we honor the veterans of all wars with a wreath laying at the grave of General Enoch Poor in the burial ground of the First Dutch Reformed Church on the Green.
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The Ridgewood Run is celebrating it’s 45th running in 2021 with a Virtual event that starts on Memorial Day and runs through June 7th
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Run is celebrating it’s 45th running in 2021. Join the virtual event that starts on Memorial Day and runs through June 7.
Twp. of Washington expresses gratitude to those members of our armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation
Ridgewood to Hold Memorial Day Service at Van Neste Park on Monday
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Ridgewood NJ, the American Legion Post 53 will host a Memorial Day service at Van Neste Park on Monday.
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Mahwah Memorial Day Parade on Monday May 31st at 10am
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Mahwah NJ, the Township of Mahwah is excited this year to bring back this Memorial Day tradition, the Mahwah Memorial Day Parade .on Monday May 31st at 10am to honor and mourn the military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
NJ TRANSIT KICKS OFF SUMMER AND RESUMES SERVICE TO SIX FLAGS, AMERICAN DREAM & MONMOUTH PARK
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East Rutherford NJ, as the summer season begins, NJ TRANSIT announces the return of service to family-friendly destinations with the resumption of NJ TRANSIT bus service to American Dream and Six Flags Great Adventure and Safari and Hurricane Harbor. Bus service to/from Six Flags and weekend bus service between American Dream and the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) both resume Saturday, May 29th.
On Monday, May 31, at 10:30 AM, the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus will hold its annual Memorial Day Parade
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Volunteers Place Flags on the Graves of Veterans at Valleau Cemetery in Ridgewood
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Ridgewood NJ, Members of Project Interact at Ridgewood High School, joined American Legion Post 53, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and volunteers from all over Bergen County placed American flags at the graves of veterans at Valleau Cemetery in Ridgewood on May 8,2021. Bob Paoli, commander of American Legion Post 53 played Taps .
Thousands of Bergen County residents have answered their nation’s call to arms in defense of liberty and freedom
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New Bridge Landing NJ, As we continue on this Memorial Day we mourn not only the absence of each other’s company but in the true spirit of the day, the honored war dead from our nation’s past. From the founding of the United States through today, thousands of Bergen County residents have answered their nation’s call to arms in defense of liberty and freedom, at home and abroad. Many never returned to enjoy their homes and families. Each Memorial Day in the recent past, we in the Bergen County Historical Society have chosen to gather at the Hackensack grave of Brigadier General Enoch Poor, as representative of those in the American Revolution who gave their lives during the fight to establish what the Declaration of Independence proclaimed.
We do not know the names of all of those from Bergen County who fell during the American Revolution, though we do know some, particularly the ones named below, all of whom served as captains in the Bergen County Militia:
Village Hall Closed Memorial Day Monday May 25, 2020
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Ridgewood NJ, Monday, May 25th – In observance of Memorial Day to remember those who died in military service , Village Hall will be closed and sanitation and recycling pick up will be suspended on Monday May 25, 2020, The Recycling Center will also be closed.
the Ridgewood Blog says a Big Thank You on this Memorial day
On this Memorial Day weekend, we remember those who sacrificed their lives for “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who are grieving. May we, as Abraham Lincoln famously said, “highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain–that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom–and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
New Jersey State Trooper Rescued three Kayakers who were Stranded near Sandy Hook
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