Tag: North Brunswick American Legion Post 459
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North Brunswick Buddy Ball members present flags before Memorial Day
PHOTO COURTESY OF PETE CLARK The North Brunswick Buddy Ball Soccer program commemorated Memorial Day by presenting mini American flags to Paul Carroll from North Brunswick American Legion Post 459 on May 22 that will be placed in front of the American Legion flagpole and also at the veterans monument on Georges Road to “remember…
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North Brunswick commemorates Flag Day
PHOTO COURTESY OF PETE CLARK North Brunswick American Legion Post 459, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2319 and the Wreaths Across America North Brunswick chapter held a commemorative Flag Day ceremony on June 14 outside the American Legion post on Linwood Place. Pictured are representatives from the Legion, VFW, Wreaths Across America, North Brunswick Police…
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April Fools Day: 1942, America plays tricks on Japan
April Fools Day is generally celebrated on April 1, when youngsters play harmless tricks on everybody. In 1942, April Fools Day was Saturday, April 18, and the trick was played on Japan. Sixteen B25 medium bombers, led by Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, were launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The bomb loads from these…
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Beautiful October
October is a relaxing month. The summer heat is passing and cooler mornings and evenings start to prevail. Crops have been picked and the growing season has just about ended, except for the last large green tomatoes on the vine. Those tomatoes were a prize. Fried green tomatoes, what a treat. Last week I asked the vegetable…
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The beauty, resolve of September mornings
“September Morn” is a painting by Paul Emile Chabas, completed in September of 1911. The painting depicts a nude young woman standing ankle deep in a lake or pond. As the early morning mist is rising from the water’s surface, the young lady is covering her female areas with her arms, either out of modesty…
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Happy birthday America
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a place called America. It was a vast wilderness between two great oceans. Some indigenous people, who lived off the land, inhabited it and there were no great cities or highways. When explorers from the empires in Europe came here, they claimed portions of the…
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Volunteers needed to replace flags on gravesites
The North Brunswick World War I Centennial Committee, American Legion Post 459 and the Elmwood Cemetery Association will commemorate Memorial Day by replacing American flags at veterans’ gravesites from 9-10 a.m. on May 19 at the cemetery, 425 Georges Road, North Brunswick. To volunteer, call Pete Clark at 908-307-3260 or Elmwood Cemetery at 732-545-1445.