Free Family Fun At National Night Out In Moorestown Area Tuesday

MOORESTOWN AREA, NJ — National Night Out returns to the Moorestown area on Tuesday, many of the area communities announced.

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.

Below, find specific times and locations of some other National Night Out celebrations being held near Moorestown Tuesday.

• Cinnaminson = 6 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. at Wood Park
• Evesham = 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the township's municipal complex on Tuckerton Road
• Maple Shade = 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the township's municipal lot located at North Forklanding Road and Brubaker Lane
• Medford = 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Freedom Park in the township
• Merchantville = 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the community center on Somerset Avenue
• Mount Laurel = 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the municipal complex on Mount Laurel Road

The 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 Association of 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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