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Brick Announces 2021 Memorial Day Parade
The township announced it will hold its Memorial Day parade and ceremony to honor those who died serving in the U.S. military.
BRICK, NJ — Brick Township will honor those who gave their lives in military service with a Memorial Day parade and ceremony, now that restrictions on gatherings are easing in the coronavirus pandemic.
The parade and ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on May 31, township officials announced. It is being hosted by the township in cooperation with American Legion Post 348 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8867.
The parade will march down Chambers Bridge Road to the municipal building, where the ceremony will be held at the township's War Memorial to fallen soldiers.
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Research by William J. Duffy, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8867, has turned up 21 names of soldiers who died who hailed from Brick going back to the Civil War. Some of their names are memorialized at the township's War Memorial but Duffy's research has turned up additional names. Many of them are now memorialized with banners at Windward Beach Park.
The war memorial in front of the municipal building was renovated and rededicated in 2020.
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Here are the soldiers from Brick Township who died as a result of their military service:
Civil War: U.S. Army Pvt. John Curtis; U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Elmer; U. S. Army Pvt. Joel Gant; U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Henry C. Havens; U. S. Army Pvt Joel Hulse; U.S. Army Pvt. Peter Layton
World War I: U.S. Army Pvt. Joseph Clifton; U.S. Army Pvt. Charles Miller
World War II: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert H. Folsom
Vietnam: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Crouter; U.S. Army Spc. 4th Class Raymond Dege; U.S. Army Warrant Officer Don R. Harger; U.S. Army 1st Lt. Carl Lamberson Jr.; U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Lospinuso; U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Donald Marshall; U.S. Marine Pfc. James Nash; U.S. Marine Maj. Cornelius Ram; U.S. Army Pfc. Thomas Yohn
Operation Iraqi Freedom: U.S. Army Pvt. Ryan Christensen; U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Christopher Duffy (Not related to William Duffy); U.S. Army Cpl. Luigi Marciante
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