Montclair 2018 Memorial Day Tribute Planned For Edgemont Park

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Montclair will hold its annual Memorial Day tribute on Monday, May 28 at 10 a.m. in Edgemont Park. Mayor Robert Jackson will be Master of Ceremonies and Township Historian Michael Farrelly will be this year's speaker, according to a municipal news release.

In the event of rain, services will be held in the Municipal Building Council Chambers, 205 Claremont Avenue, Montclair. For more information, call 973-509-4915.

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Montclair officials said that the 2018 ceremony will include:

• “Mr. Farrelly will reflect on Montclair’s 150-year history, as the Township celebrates its sesquicentennial.”
• “The Rev. Margo Walter, Pastoral Associate at Grace Presbyterian Church, will perform the invocation and benediction and will also bless the wreaths. Montclair High School acapella group ‘Passing Notes’ will sing the national anthem and members of Boy Scouts Troop 12 will lead the pledge of allegiance.”
• “Representatives from veterans organizations which include the Crawford Crews American Legion Post 251, Lt. Vincent J. Russo American Legion Post 382, Disabled American Veterans, Daughters of the American Revolution Eagle Rock Chapter, as well as members of the Montclair Red Cross.”
• “The Montclair Community Band will perform immediately prior to and after the ceremony and the band's trumpeter Carl B. Witzig will sound Taps.”
• “The Police Honor Guard will open the program with the Advance of Colors and will conclude the ceremony with the Retirement of Colors.”

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