Numerous Veterans Day events in honor of men and women of the armed forces will be held over the next several days. They are listed below.
TODAY
TRENTON
Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes and township officials will honor county veterans at noon in a ceremony at Catholic War Veterans Post 417, 301 Grand St. The event will be presented by Mercer County Veteran Services in conjunction with the Mercer County Veterans Council and will include the laying of a wreath to honor veterans’ service, a salute to fallen veterans by American Legion Post 31 and the playing of taps by Walter Kramarz of the county Veterans Council.
FLORENCE
The Roebling Garden Club will host a short ceremony rededicating a World War II Memorial Honor Roll at noon. Eight veterans whose names are on the wall will be in attendance, and the names of the 11 residents who lost their lives in the war will be read aloud and a bell will be sounded in their memory. The memorial is located across from the River Line Roebling Station, at 1520 Delaware Ave.
TOMORROW
TRENTON
A Veterans Day Mass will be celebrated at Holy Cross Church, 201 Adeline St., beginning at 11 a.m. The Mass, hosted by the Holy Cross Post 417, will honor all veterans, living and deceased. Anyone with loved ones serving in the armed forces, regardless of religion, is encouraged to attend.
WEST WINDSOR
A ceremony at 11:30 a.m. at the Dutch Neck World War II Monument will honor township residents who fought in World War II. The main ceremony will follow at noon at the All Wars Memorial at the municipal building on Clarksville Road.Refreshments will follow. For more information, call deputy township clerk Gay M. Huber at (609) 799-2400, ext. 213.
PRINCETON
State Department of Veterans Affairs psychiatrist Mary C. Rorro will play a double bill on solo viola at Princeton University Chapel during the 8:30 a.m. service.
Brandywine Senior Living at Princeton, 155 Raymond Road, will honor its 24 veteran residents with a program at 2:30 p.m. Cadets from Princeton ROTC School and Army Lt. Col. George P. Wilcha will discuss the freedoms residents have in the country today. South Brunswick Mayor Frank Gambatese will attend. Refreshments and light snacks will be served.
MONTGOMERY
A ceremony at the Montgomery Veterans Memorial will feature township veterans and the Montgomery High School marching band at Montgomery Park on Harlingen Road. The ceremony will begin at 3:30 p.m. Parking for the ceremony will be at the lower and upper lots of Montgomery Park. Harlingen Road will be closed from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and no parking will be permitted on the road. For more information, call
(908) 359-8211.
HAMILTON
The New Jersey Hospital Initiative and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiative will host a ceremony to provide details about a new program that trains veterans to serve as certified application counselors to assist New Jersey residents in signing up for the Affordable Care Act. The ceremony and introduction of veterans will be held at 2 p.m. in the RWJ Fitness and Wellness Center on Quakerbridge Road.
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