Post 1776
The annual Memorial Day Ceremony was held on May 25, 2019 at Rock Spring Park.
Below is a copy of the program:
Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Scott Taylor gives the Keynote Speech at Washington Township’s Memorial Day Ceremonies on Saturday at Rock Spring Park
On Friday, May 24 at 8:45 AM, our post met for flag raising at Flocktown School, followed by a question and answer session in a classroom with some of the students.
On Wednesday, May 22 at 8:30 AM, at Old Farmers Road School, our post met for breakfast followed by classroom discussions. At this event Dave White, the former music teacher at Old Farmers, joined us as a Veteran. Dave recently retired from Old Farmers.
On Tuesday, May 21 at 11:30 AM our post met at the Long Valley Middle School, for lunch with the students and classroom discussions. We will have three classroom discussions lasting approximately thirty minutes in length.
On May 17 the Memebers of Post 1776 went to the Cucinella School for a Flag Raising and discussions with the students.
The students also presented each veteran with dog tags they made.
Vietnam Veterans of our post visited West Morris High School for a class discussion on the Vietnam War with the history students on this April 29, 2019 . Those attending from L to R : Larry Oppel, Chuck Dauchert, Tom McBride, Tom Holden, John Larkin, Ed Twomey, and Rod Della-Salla.
Our newest honorary member of Post 1776: Bob DeRose. Bob really enjoyed our visit, and we enjoyed being with Bob and his wife Kathie on 4/14/19.
On April 8, 2019 members of Post 1776 accompanied students from WMC HS on a field trip to the Vietnam Memorial i Holmdel, NJ.
The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, honors those from that state who served in the Vietnam War, especially the 1,562 men and one woman who were killed or missing in action.
Below are pictures of the field trip.
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