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Memorial Day Observed With Parade, Ceremony

May 28, 2019 Community Building

Pres. Abraham Lincoln impersonator Robert Costello recites the Gettysburg Address during the township’s Memorial Day commemoration.

A parade that stretched for nearly a mile and a ceremony capped by the playing of “Taps” highlighted the May 27 observance of Memorial Day in the township.

Along the way was a flyover by a Coast Guard rescue helicopter and a rendition of the Gettysburg Address by an Abraham Lincoln impersonator.

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