Free Family Fun At National Night Out In Cinnaminson Area Tuesday

CINNAMINSON, NJ — National Night Out returns to Cinnaminson on Tuesday, the municipality said on its Facebook page.

An estimated 38 million people are expected to participate in one of approximately 16,000 National Night Out events across the United States that will be held this year, according to the National Association of Town Watch, an organization that helps facilitate many National Night Out festivities.

These days, the annual event usually consists of carnivals, block parties, barbecues or other free events organized by communities and police departments that are geared toward the whole family enjoying, according to the U.S. Justice Department, which helped establish National Night Out.

Simultaneously, crime prevention messages are conveyed and relationships between law enforcement and residents are fostered, the U.S. Justice Department continued.

The 2022 National Night Out in Cinnaminson runs from 6 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. at Wood Park on Tuesday, the municipality said.

Don't live in that town? Below, find specific times and locations of some other National Night Out celebrations being held near Cinnaminson Tuesday.

• Bordentown City & Bordentown Township = 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Joseph Lawrence Park on Ward Avenue in the township
• Burlington City = 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Riverfront Promenade on High and Pearl boulevards
• Burlington Township = 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Green Acres Park on Old York Road
• Delran = 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the community park
• Edgewater Park = 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Magowan School parking lot
• Pennsauken = 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the community recreation complex on Westfield Avenue
• Willingboro = 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Area D at Millcreek Park on Beverly Rancocas Road*

*Note: Willingboro will hold its National Night Out event on Monday.

The National Night Out events being held this year are much different than some of the first National Night Out celebrations held in 1984, which were celebrated by roughly 2.5 million people in about 400 communities across the United States, according to the National Town Watch.

One of those early events was in the Pennsylvania suburbs of Philadelphia, where residents participated by turning on their porch lights, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Another early National Night Out celebration held in Boston consisted of a public reading of a proclamation that discussed the significance of the day and the event, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

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