Veterans Day ceremony postponed
WEST MILFORD. PBA Local 162 sponsors flags for township residents killed in action.
| 13 Nov 2024 | 09:29
FL1 The West Milford PBA Local 162 honors township residents killed in action by participating in the West Milford Rotary Club’s Flags for Heroes project. (Photo by Rich Adamonis)
(Photo by Rich Adamonis)
(Photo by Rich Adamonis)
Flags set up as part of the West Milford Rotary Club’s annual Flags for Heroes project blow in the wind Monday, Nov. 4 at Bubbling Springs Park. (Photo by Kathy Shwiff)
The annual Veterans Day ceremony was postponed from Monday, Nov. 11 because of wildfires in the area.
Instead, it will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 at Veterans Park in front of the municipal building.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7198 Commander Rudy Hass said, “I cannot in good conscience detract from all the hard work our firefighters, police officers, first-responders, DPW personnel and our community leaders are currently facing in dealing with the wildfires along the East Shore area.
“Many of those personnel currently engaged with the fires are veterans themselves, and right now we need to keep them in our thoughts as they spend many hours, day and night, doing all they can in order protect our great communities in that area.”
Honoring residents KIA
The West Milford PBA Local 162 honored all township residents killed in action by participating in the West Milford Rotary Club’s Flags for Heroes project at Bubbling Springs Park.
Veterans honored with individual flags:
• World War I: Stephen Crissando, Ernest Rhinesmith, Elmore Terwilliger, Gerald Winters.
• World War II: John Eric Arnold, Walter Benjamin, Arthur O. Olden Jr., John F. Riegler, Frank M. Sell, Stanley J. Stahura, Arthur Vreeland, Dave Vreeland.
• Vietnam: James S. Jansen, Lawrence H. Kocher, James M. Mathews, George Vanderhoff Jr.
• Global War on Terrorism: Brian P. Parrello, Jason M. Butkus, Eric J. Hernandes.