Town-Wide Graduation Party In Haddonfield Set For Saturday

HADDONFIELD, NJ — The Haddonfield Civic Association is organizing a town-wide celebration to honor this year’s high school graduates.

At 5:55 p.m. Saturday, all Haddonfield Memorial High School seniors will step out front of their homes. Five minutes later, horn signal will alert all neighbors to step outside their homes and cheer, hoot, bang pots and pans for four minutes, with each minute representing one year of high school. A second horn will sound at 6:05 p.m. to signal the end of the celebration.

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Earlier this week, Gov. Phil Murphy lifted New Jersey's stay-at-home order and will allow for much bigger gatherings, paving the way for graduations, protests and indoor and outdoor church services to occur.

The limit on outdoor gatherings was raised from 25 to 100. It will rise to 250 on June 22 and to 500 on July 3. The increase to 500 on July 3 will pave the way for outdoor graduations to resume in July, as long as fewer than 500 people are outside. Read more here: Gov. Murphy Lifts NJ Stay-At-Home Order, Allows Bigger Gatherings

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