Tag: Elmwood Cemetery
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Wreaths Across America successful in North Brunswick
I would like to take this opportunity to thank this community for its support of our Wreaths Across America ceremony on Dec. 15. Thanks to your incredible generosity, our program was able to place wreaths at the grave sites of each World War I veteran buried at Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick. In addition, we…
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Daughter of Pearl Harbor survivor attends North Brunswick remembrance ceremony
PHOTO COURTESY OF PETE CLARK The North Brunswick community gathered at Elmwood Cemetery on Dec. 7 to commemorate Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The ceremony was held at the gravesite of Robert Friedberg, who was a survivor at Pearl Harbor and in 1944 received the Bronze Star in Europe while fighting at the Battle of the…
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Ceremony to be held at gravesite of Pearl Harbor victim
The North Brunswick Township World War I Centennial Committee will hold a National Pearl Harbor Day event beginning at 7:48 a.m. on Dec. 7 at Elmwood Cemetery, 425 Georges Road, North Brunswick. The program will begin at the time Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. American Legion Post 459 of North Brunswick and VFW…
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World War I Commission announces ‘Bells of Peace’ on Armistice centennial
The North Brunswick World War I Centennial Committee will participate in Bells of Peace: A World War I Remembrance at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11 at the North Brunswick Veterans Memorial, Georges Road, North Brunswick. The event is supported by The North Brunswick World War I Centennial Committee, Georges Road Business Council and Elmwood Cemetery.…
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Elmwood Cemetery to light luminaries on Nov. 4
Elmwood Cemetery will light thousands of luminary candles to honor and remember loved ones from 6-8 p.m. on Nov. 4 at the cemetery, 425 Georges Road, North Brunswick. Registration will be at the Main Entrance. For a personalized luminary for a family member or friend, email your request to [email protected]. If your family would like to…
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Butterfly release slated at Elmwood Cemetery
Three dozen monarch butterflies will be released at 3 p.m. Aug. 25 at Elmwood Cemetery, 425 Georges Road, North Brunswick. Elmwood Cemetery’s Butterfly Garden is a certified Monarch waystation and a certified North American Butterfly Garden. Remember loved ones and celebrate the beauty of the natural world. For more information, email [email protected].
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North Brunswick High grad joins Elmwood internship
NORTH BRUNSWICK – A 2017 graduate of North Brunswick Township High School is the newest member of the Elmwood Cemetery Historical Internship Program. Akash Patel recently completed his freshman year at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Majoring in biology, he is researching the impact of the 1918 flu pandemic on the New Brunswick and the surrounding…
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Sorority members honor female Tuskegee airman with plaque at Elmwood Cemetery
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Members of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority commemorated the life of one of three civilian female pilots to join the Tuskegee Airmen. The young women dedicated a special granite plaque in honor of Dr. Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe at Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick on July 7. Wolfe had served as the 14th international…
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Scouts receive citizenship awards for projects in East Brunswick, North Brunswick
EAST BRUNSWICK – Patrick Tiongko and Evan Blake received Youth Good Citizenship Certificate Awards in recognition of their scouting accomplishments and attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. A ceremony was held May 12 at the St. Bartholomew Parish Hall in East Brunswick for the members of Boy Scout Troop 109, along with Jersey Blue Daughters of the…
