Carteret, Woodbridge to Host Memorial Day Events on Sunday & Monday

Carteret, Woodbridge and Raritan Bay towns plan to honor the many local men and women who sacrificed their lives in military service for our nation.

Here are details about the local 2024 Memorial Day remembrances, prayer services, salutes, and parades that will honor our fallen local servicemen and servicewomen on Sunday, May 26 and Monday, May 27th.

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● CARTERET: Mayor Daniel J. Reiman, the Borough Council, and local veteran groups plan several Memorial Day events on Sunday, May 26th. These services customarily bring scores of veterans, their families, and well-wishers into this community. Here’s what’s planned:

– At 8 a.m. , there will be a flag-raising service in Waterfront Park, 200 Middlesex Ave., and a wreath-casting ceremony at Veterans Pier.

– At 12 p.m ., the Veterans Alliance will host a solemn remembrance ceremony at the Soldier & Sailor Memorial in Carteret Park, off Carteret Avenue and Cypress Street.

– At 1 p.m. , Carteret’s annual Memorial Day Parade begins at Carteret Park, along Washington Avenue, concluding at Borough Hall. Details about the parade route are available on the borough website.

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● PERTH AMBOY: This city will honor its fallen soldiers, veterans, and active-duty military personnel with commemorative banners to be displayed on light poles along Smith and State Streets, and along Amboy, Hall and New Brunswick Avenues in its business district.

The banners – to be unveiled on or before Memorial Day – will showcase the names, service branches, and photographs of the brave men and women from Perth Amboy who have served our country.

● SAYREVILLE: The borough Fire Department will hold an 8 a.m. service at the Firemen’s Memorial on Main Street and MacArthur Avenue; and the borough’s annual parade starts at 10 a.m., going from Washington Road and Outlook Avenue to Borough Hall.

● SOUTH AMBOY: The city will hold its annual Memorial Day Parade starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 27th, in downtown. More details are at South Amboy’s websit e.

– From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m, on Sunday, May 26th, the Luke A. Lovely American Legion Post #62 will host its annual community picnic at 107 George Street, with free refreshments, hotdogs, burgers, and fun activities for families and youngsters.

● WOODBRIDGE: Mayor John E. McCormac and the Township Council, in partnership with the Woodbridge Veterans Alliance, veterans’ organizations and municipal public service agencies are to host Memorial Day services on Sunday, May 26 and Monday, May 27. Here’s a rundown:

On SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2024

– At 12 p.m. , Colonia VFW Post #6061 will hold a noon Memorial Day service at its headquarters, 606 Inman Ave. After the service, the Colonia VFW will host a Memorial Day Barbeque. $25.00 per person (children under 10 free). For tickets, call (732) 574-9783.

On MONDAY, MAY 27, 2024

– At 8 a.m. , Keasbey Fire Company #1 will hold a Memorial Day Service at Keasbey War Memorial Monument Park (foot of Edison Bridge on Smith Street). Breakfast to follow at the Keasbey Firehouse, at 420 Smith Street, Keasbey.

– At 9 a.m. , United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 04-04 Station Sewaren will conduct a Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Woodbridge Marina & Boat Launch at Cliff Street in Sewaren. The USCG Flotilla members will lay a wreath in honor of servicemen and servicewomen lost at sea.

– At 9 a.m. , Port Reading Fire, EMS and Ladies Auxiliary will hold services at the Port Reading Firehouse, 916 West Avenue, Port Readin g.

– At 9 a.m. , Disabled American Veterans Chapter 56 will hold services at the Soldiers & Sailors Monument, at Main Street & Rahway Avenue, across from Woodbridge Town Hall.

– At 10 a.m. , Avenel VFW Memorial Post #7164 will conduct a service at the Post Headquarters, at 60 West Park Ave., Avenel.

– At 10 a.m. , Woodbridge VFW Post #4410 will host a service at the American Legion Post Headquarters, at 393 Pearl Street, Woodbridge.

– At 11 a.m. , the Archdiocese of Newark will hold an outdoor Mass at Saint Gertrude Cemetery, 53 Inman Ave, Colonia. The Most Reverend Elias R. Lorenzo will officiate the Mass, called “Serving God & Country: A Memorial Day Salute to Our Heroes,” to be held under a large canopy tens, with seating provided.

– At 11 a.m. , Fords VFW Memorial Post #6090 will conduct a Flag-Raising Ceremony and Service at the Fords War Memorial Monument, King George Road and Corrielle Street.

– At 11 a.m. , Iselin VFW Memorial Post #2636 will host a Memorial Day service at the VFW Memorial outside Post Headquarters on Auth Avenue in Iselin. Refreshments will be provided after the service at Fire District #11 located on Auth Avenue & Route 27, opposite St. Cecelia’s Church.

– At 11 a.m. , American Legion T. Nulty Post #471 will host services at Post Headquarters, 23 Brown Avenue, Iselin.

– At 11 a.m. , American Legion Post #87 will host services at Post Headquarters located, Berry Street, Woodbridge.

MEMORIAL DAY HISTORY

Memorial Day is a national holiday that honors United States military personnel who died in service to our nation. It differs from Veterans Day, a November holiday that honors everyone who ever served in our armed forces.

President Abraham Lincoln, in his 1893 Gettysburg Address, said fallen Civil War soldiers “gave the last full measure of devotion” to the cause of freedom. In the decades since, countless more men and women also made, and still make, that ultimate sacrifice in military service.

Originally called “Decoration Day,” observances originated in Waterloo, a small upstate New York village in Seneca County. A year after the Civil War ended in 1865, Waterloo residents began to pay their respects to local war dead.

Other communities soon began to hold similar tributes to the Civil War’s fallen soldiers, honoring them with prayer services and decorating their graves with flags and flowers.

In 1966, Congress designated Waterloo, NY as “the birthplace” of Decoration Day. In 1971, Congress finally made “Memorial Day” a federal holiday, marked with prayer services, parades and family gatherings.

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