Memorial Day (May 27)
All of us in the United States owe the greatest gratitude and respect to the fallen Armed Services men and women who sacrificed their lives for our country. This Memorial Day let’s honor our dead by going to those parades and visiting their graves. Below is a collection of photos from the JHSNJ archives showing the honoring of the servicemen who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
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David Rosenbaum at a Memorial Day ceremony, 1966 (from the David & Elsie Rosenbaum collection).
B’nai B’rith Memorial Presentation, 1958. Ruth Oradick, President, is holding the bouquet of flowers. Marge Bornstein, in the white suit is behind the flowers. Evelyn Smith is second from right, and May Le Vine is on the far right. The location of this monument is unknown.
Memorial Day is being honored in Fair Lawn. Left-right: Sr. Vice Commander and Poppy Chairman Bernard Grablow, Commander Louis Greenberg, Mayor Lewis Sprechman, Auxiliary President Lillian Bazer and Hospital/Poppy Chairman PAP Helen Katz.
War Veterans on Memorial Day 1943. Note the veteran of WW1 in the front row. Do you recognize any of these members of the armed forces?
Veterans of three wars honored at Paterson Eastside Park Memorial Day service.