Town Plans Memorial Day Celebration

Memorial Day is just a few days away, and East Brunswick has a full afternoon planned to celebrate the occasion.

The day will begin on Sunday, May 29, at 1 p.m., at Veterans Park at the East Brunswick Municipal Complex with a flag raising. That will be followed by a presentation of wreaths, a mini concert and a Hometown Heroes Roll Call.

Also on hand will be the winners of this year’s Mayor’s Essay and Poster Contests. Winners of the poster contest will have their creations on display and essay winners will be speakers at the observance ceremony.

In the poster contest, students in grades one through five were asked to draw a picture based on the theme of “How My Family Celebrates Memorial Day.” The works of two students from each grade were selected as winners. Winners also received a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card.

For the essay contest, students in grades 10 through 12 and eight through nine are asked to write a two-page essay based on the theme, “What is Patriotism?” Middle School students were asked to write a two-page essay based on the theme “What Memorial Day Means to Me.”

One winning entry was selected from the high school, middle school and junior high school. The winning high school students (grades 10 through 12) will be mayor for a day and experience the day-to-day activities of Mayor David Stahl. All winners will receive a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble.

VFW Post 133 and Jewish War Veterans Post 34 are providing the prizes and the event is being sponsored by East Brunswick Township and the East Brunswick Veterans Alliance.

The winners of both contests are as follows: Essay Contest winner, Dharika Shah sixth grade student at Hammarskjold.

Poster Contest winners: 

1st Place Winner(s)       School

Grade 1         Sabrina Portnoy                    Memorial

                         Lisa Piatrowski                       Frost

                        Honorable Mention

                        Brianna Cohen                        Warnsdorfer

                        John Mohring                          Memorial

                        Alyson Matecki                        Bowne Munro

Grade 2            1st Place Winner(s)

                        Megan P. Lee                           Lawrence Brook

                        Ian Clark                                    Frost

                        Honorable Mention

                        Alexis Matecki                        Bowne Munro

                        Corinne Lahr                           Memorial

Grade 3            1st Place Winner

                        Edward Kim                            Warnsdorfer

Grade 4            1st Place Winner(s)

                        Max Wu                                    Lawrence Brook                                   

                        Rebecca Clark                         Frost

                        Honorable Mention

                        Katie Mohring                        Memorial

                        Rory Keegan                           Lawrence Brook