Tag: Pearl Harbor
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‘Hero Dog Park’ on track in south Lawrence despite not winning nationwide grant contest
The south side of Lawrence Township is still on track to get a dog park despite not winning the PetSafe-sponsored grant contest Residents tried and voted often in support for the $25,000 grant, but it was not enough when the results were revealed Sept. 2. The winners of PetSafe’s “Bark for Your Park” nationwide grant…
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Solemn ceremony marks 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
The North Brunswick community gathered at the veterans memorial monument on Georges Road on Dec. 7 to commemorate National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The commemorative ceremony, organized through Wreaths Across America, began with a brief welcome by member Pete Clark, who recalled that the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii,…
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Living History: Where were you when Pearl Harbor was attacked?
By Sebastian Rizzo This Dec. 7 will mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor – as President Franklin D. Roosevelt so stirringly put it, “a date which will live in infamy.” Just 11 days before the bombings, Secretary of State Cordell Hull had sent the Japanese his suggestions for a peaceful…
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Opinion: Let Freedom Ring
The Japanese war ministers thought they would bring the naval power of the U.S. to its knees by bombing and destroying the American dreadnoughts moored on Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In their eyes, the attack of Dec. 7, 1941, was successful. While the powerful battleships of the U.S. fleet were compromised, the Japanese…
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South River native discusses oceanology while serving in Navy
SOUTH RIVER–With a passion for military service, math and science, South River native and U.S. Naval Lt. Stephanie Geant talked about oceanology as part of New Jersey’s Virtual Navy Week. Due to the U.S. Department of the Navy’s public health precautions, New Jersey Navy Week, scheduled for May 11-17, was re-imagined into New Jersey Virtual…
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Jersey Mike’s campaign allows Parlin teen to take ‘Wish’ trip to Aulani Disney property in Hawaii
A local child’s wish was granted by Make-A-Wish New Jersey, whose mission is to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Sixteen-year-old Davide’s wish to go to Hawaii and stay at Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, was granted this past summer, thanks to the 2019 Jersey Mike’s Subs “Month of Giving” Campaign, which…
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North Brunswick marks anniversary of attack at Pearl Harbor with wreath-laying ceremony
NORTH BRUNSWICK – North Brunswick Wreaths Across America held a pre-Remembrance Ceremony on Dec. 6 to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which occurred on Dec. 7, 1941, in Hawaii. Members of Elmwood Cemetery, American Legion Post 459 of North Brunswick, and North Brunswick U.S. Navy veteran Jim Kletz laid a…
