[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of
Secaucus 7-24-01 by Ord. No. 2001-15. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Town of Secaucus shall hereafter observe Memorial Day as
a day for prayer and ceremonies showing respect for American veterans
of wars and other military conflicts.
At 3:00 p.m., local time, on Memorial Day, the Town of Secaucus
shall observe and ask all of its residents and visitors to voluntarily
observe in their own way a moment of remembrance and respect, pausing
from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening
to "Taps" and a recitation of Colonel John McCrae's "In Flanders
Field."[1]
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Editor's Note: A copy of "In Flanders Field" may be found
on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
The Town of Secaucus shall, pursuant to federal law, observe
the last Monday in May as Memorial Day. However, the town of Secaucus
believes that its dead brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers,
friends and neighbors will best be remembered if Memorial Day observance
is restored to its traditional May 30th date and the observance of
Memorial Day in the Town of Secaucus will automatically revert to
such May 30th date upon the passage of appropriate federal law.
