NJ Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial to host Veterans
Day Ceremony
HOLMDEL, NJ - The New Jersey
Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial will host New Jersey’s Veterans Day Ceremony
2001 on Sunday, November 11, 2001 at 11:00 a.m. The N.J. Vietnam
Veterans’ Memorial is located on the grounds of the PNC Bank Arts Center,
Holmdel, NJ (Garden State Parkway exit 116.) The Veterans Day Ceremony
will include the induction of six New Jersey Vietnam veterans into the
“In Memory” Program and the dedication of the Women Veterans Meditation
Garden.
“In Memory” Program
Friends of the New Jersey Vietnam
Veterans Memorial will induct six veterans into the “In Memory” Program,
which honors those who served in Vietnam and returned home only to die
as a result of their tour, but whose names are not on the Memorial.
The six inductees are:
Sheldon Mark Klink, US Air Force,
of Piscataway, who died October 7, 1974
James Nuiman Vanness, Jr., US
Air Force, of Fairfield, who died July 19, 1997
Harry J. Bohr, Jr., US Navy,
of Pt. Pleasant Beach, who died October 5, 2000
Guy W. Chamberlain, US Army,
of Beachwood, who died May 8, 1995
Thomas W. Sunchuk, US Army, of
Toms River, who died November 25, 1998
Bruce E. Woodward, US Marine
Corps, of Deptford, who died April 7, 2001.
As a part of the ceremony, one family
member of each of the veterans will give a short memorial about their loved
one and how his service changed the family.
Women Veterans Meditation Garden
Dedication
The Women Veterans Meditation Garden
will be a lasting tribute to the thousands of women who served our country
during the Vietnam Era. It also provides a quiet place for friends
and family to reflect on the loss of their loved one, whose name is engraved
on the 366 black granite panels of the Memorial. The garden was built and
planted by the New Jersey Highway Authority with funds provided by the
New Jersey Legislature. A ground breaking ceremony was held after
this year’s Remembrance Day Ceremony, May 7.
The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’
Memorial is open 24 hours, 7 days. The Educational Center is regularly
open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 AM – 4 PM. Admission is free for
veterans and active-duty military personnel. Regular adult admission
is $4.00, student and senior citizen admission is $2.00, and children under
10 are admitted free.
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