Seasonal & Holidays

Memorial Day Ceremony, Parade In Bloomfield Honors Fallen Soldiers

WATCH: The ceremony was held on the Historic Town Green. It included speeches, a wreath-laying and a 21-gun salute.

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield held a Memorial Day parade and ceremony to honor fallen soldiers on Monday.

The annual event included a parade that kicked off at Broad and Warren streets and ended near the Sailors and Soldiers Monument at Liberty Street. A ceremony was held after the parade on the Historic Town Green that included speeches, a wreath-laying and a 21-gun salute.

See photos from the parade in the above gallery, via Steve Moctezuma.

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Watch a video of the event below, via the Township of Bloomfield.

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