PRINCETON: Memorial Day Parade, re-enactment tomorrow

   The Princeton Memorial Day Parade will take place tomorrow at 10 a.m. on Nassau Street and will be followed by an 11 a.m. ceremony at Princeton Borough Hall.
   The parade, highlighting Operation Shoe Box New Jersey, an organization that collects and ships items to soldiers and Marines serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, features veterans groups, marching bands, civic and youth groups, all marching to honor those who have died in military service to their country.
   Among the nearly three dozen participating groups are: the Princeton Borough and Princeton Township Police and Color Guard, American Legion Post 76, Princeton Girl Choir, Princeton First Aid and Rescue, Steam Calliope, MacGregor Pipe Band, Colonial Musketeer Fife & Drum Corps, Burlington City High School Band, Hightstown Marching Band, Pettoranello Foundation, local Boy Scout and Girl Scout Troops, Little League and Girls Softball Association teams, and a Patriotic Bike Brigade for Princeton school youngsters. All current active duty or veteran service men and women throughout Central Jersey are encouraged to walk in the parade.
   The parade kicks off at Princeton Avenue and Nassau Street and then heads down Nassau Street to Princeton Borough Monument Plaza, where the ceremony will take place.
   Small American flags will be distributed to children along the parade route. These and other parade expenses are paid by the Spirit of Princeton, a charitable nonprofit group of local residents dedicated to bringing the community together through a variety of civic events.
   Chief Master Sergeant Warren (Lee) Wofford, a Princeton resident, will be the featured speaker. He serves as the command chief master sergeant, 87th Air Base Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
   Spirit of Princeton volunteers will convene at the Princeton Senior Resource Center behind Borough Hall to pack items at 11:30 a.m. after the ceremony. All donors will be able to pack a box and write a message on a card.
   Checks, notated “Op Shoe Box Princeton” in the memo line, can be made out to Operation Shoe Box New Jersey and mailed to PO. Box 273, Somerville, NJ 08876.
   Donated items, which must be small, non-aerosol, and in their original packing, include: lip balm, sun block, wipes, bug spray, soap, shampoo, deodorant, microwave popcorn bags, socks, batteries, gum, candy.
   Parade watchers can have breakfast before the parade or after the parade at the Princeton Rotary Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Palmer Square Green.
   For further information, call 609-430-0144 or check www.spiritofprinceton.org.
   In addition to the parade, there will be a Revolutionary War re-enactment at the historic Thomas Clarke House in Princeton Battlefield State Park tomorrow from noon to 5 p.m.
   Admission is free.
   The re-enactment is presented by the Princeton Battlefield Society and the Second Pennsylvania Regiment.
   The living history group will provide a look at the typical infantry company of the period as the men stand shoulder to shoulder firing smoky volleys from their muskets.
   At the end of the demonstration, which includes a bayonet charge, the audience will be invited onto the field to talk with the members and see their uniforms and gear firsthand.