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Bells For Veterans: November 11th Bell Will Toll At Hunterdon's Historic Courthouse To Honor Veterans At 11am
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DATE: November 1, 2019
Contact: John E. Lanza, Freeholder Director
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Bells For Veterans; November 11th
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Bell Will Toll At Hunterdon’s Historic Courthouse
To Honor Veterans At 11 AM
For the second consecutive year, the bell at Hunterdon County’s Historic Courthouse in Flemington will toll twenty-one times on Veterans’ Day, November 11th, at 11 am, to honor the service of all Veterans.
Freeholder Board Deputy Director John E. Lanza, the Board’s Veterans’ Liaison, stated, “Last year to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War I, Hunterdon County joined governments, churches, American Legion halls, and many other entities around the nation in tolling our Historic Courthouse bell, as part of the bells of peace initiative.
The Freeholder Board, at the behest of former Freeholder John King, long a Veterans’ proponent, decided to continue the tolling of the Courthouse bell annually, an event we are calling ‘Bells for Veterans,’ on November 11th as a Veterans’ Day recognition for Veterans and those currently serving.”
Lanza said, “The Bells for Veterans not only commemorates the historic date of the end of what was called ‘the war to end all wars’ in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month, but also demonstrates respect for all of the men and women who have served and defended our nation.”
Lanza noted, “The bell is tolled twenty-one times in recognition of the highest honor accorded to those in the military whose lives were lost in the service of the nation, the twenty-one-gun salute.
Many Hunterdon County residents have served heroically in the military throughout our Country’s history to protect the liberty we all enjoy, often making the ultimate sacrifice.”
“The Freeholder Resolution approved last year for the annual bell toll is a pledge to never forget the lives that were lost, and the selfless sacrifices made by our Veterans. We thank all who have served, and continue to serve, for protecting our way of life,” Freeholder Lanza concluded.
