Event Detail
Barnegat's 2025 Annual Vietnam War Veterans event
3/28/2025 - 3/28/2025
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Commemorative Partner:
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Thanking Vietnam Veterans in Barnegat
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Website URL:
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facebook.com/Thanking.Vietnam.veterans.in.Barnegat
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Point of Contact:
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Thy Cavagnaro
thanking.vietnam.vets.in.barnegat@gmail.com
908-461-8409
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| Event Location: |
180 Bengal Blvd, Barnegat, NJ, 08005 |
| Description: |
5th annual ceremony welcoming home Vietnam War veterans, their families, and supporters. Open to the public, attendees come from within NJ and surrounding areas /states. Multiple youth group involvement in event, including (but not limited to) Barnegat High School NJROTC, multiple Barnegat HS groups/clubs, elementary school clubs, Boy Scouts, surrounding HS JROTC cadets, Seton Hall University ROTC, and other various young citizens of Barnegat and other towns.. Acknowledgment of veterans organizations and branches of the military. Presentation of pins, along with distribution of magnets,
presidential proclamations, food, drinks, and various veterans organizations stationed after the ceremony to help veterans with multiple things. Focus this year is on the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, with Keynote Speaker Hugh Doyle, Chief Engineer of the USS Kirk during its famous rescue missions that day. |
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