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Patriots Host Largest Independence Day Fireworks Show in 25-Year ...
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George Washington Returns to Somerville 243 Years after He Left Town
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Somerville Ceremonies Honor Veterans Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
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Civil War Nurse Buried in Somerville Cemetery Joined Husband in Battle
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Parade Photo Gallery: Hillsborough Residents Salute Those Who Served
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Hillsborough Says "Thanks for Your Service" at Vets Annual Breakfast
By ROD HIRSCH
July 3, 2022BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots have stockpiled a huge cache of fireworks for a July 4th celebration that will pay tribute to active members of the United States military statewide; those deployed overseas as well as veterans who have served their country in past years.
Operation Shoebox New Jersey is the sponsor of what the Patriots are calling their largest fireworks display ever ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - George Washington is looking forward to a long overdue homecoming, returning for a visit to the Wallace House where he spent several months in Somerville with the Continental Army during the winter of 1778-79, with his troops spread out at encampments in several central New Jersey locations.
His visit on Sunday, June 5 will be preceded by a royal celebration surrounding ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Mayor Dennis Sullivan was busy Memorial Day, presiding at three different graveside services at the New Cemetery and Old Cemetery on South Bridge Street, and at the Old Dutch Parsonage Burial Site on Washington Avenue, where the gravestone of Harmanus Buckaloo, a Revolutionary War soldier, has recently been restored.
Town Crier David Lang opened the ceremony singing the ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Mayor Dennis Sullivan will preside at Memorial Day services at 11 a.m. Monday with a story of dedication, heroism, bravery and true love involving a Civil War nurse born in Somerville in 1824 and buried at the Old Cemetery on South Bridge Street.
Sullivan will speak at the New Cemetery before moving across the street to the Old Cemetery where Arabella Wharton ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The township turned out early Saturday morning to celebrate Memorial Day, starting with a breakfast for veterans at the municipal building, followed by a parade and ceremonies at the Garden of Honor.
The parade route was lined with residents young and old, decked out in red, white and blue to honor America and pay tribute to its veterans who have served in the ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Led by Mayor Shawn Lipani and members of the Township Committee, more than 100 local heroes, veterans of WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, other deployments and service stateside were honored for their time in uniform away from home at the 17th annual Salute to Veterans Breakfast Saturday morning at the municipal complex prior to the ...