Red Bank’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Riverside Gardens Park took place under calm blue skies before a glassy Navesink River on Wednesday, with a long list of community pillars pitching in to honor those who have served our country.
Father Clive Sang of St. Thomas Episcopal Church delivered the Invocation and the Benediction.
Students from Red Bank Middle School and Red Bank Charter School sang the National Anthem and read poems, respectively. The Rotary Club of Red Bank provided the scores of flags that bedecked the park. The Borough of Red Bank and Red Bank Elks Lodge #233 sponsored the event. Katherine Pojawa from the Navesink Garden Club spoke about the Blue Star Memorial in the park.
U.S. Army Colonel Aleksander T. Kask delivered a keynote address. And singer Niki Arrowsmith delivered stirring renditions of “America the Beautiful” and “God Bless America.”
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