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Plaque Unveiled In Hoboken Dedicated To Fire Victims From 1970s-1980s

The memorial plaque to the dozens of Hoboken residents who died in suspicious fires was unveiled in Hoboken earlier this month.

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HOBOKEN, NJ — The Hoboken Fire Victims Memorial Project held a plaque unveiling held in Tom Olivieri Park in Hoboken on a recent Sunday afternoon.

The plaque memorializes the dozens of adults and children who died in suspicious fires in Hoboken in the 1970s and 1980s, as the town was gentrifying.

Organizers are now seeking to compile a list of names of the victims. In some cases, the blazes nearly wiped out entire families. (READ MORE: Hoboken Approves Memorial To Honor Victims Of Fires In 1970s/80s)

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Here are photos from the event.

Rose and Rev. Elaine Ellis Thomas, Rector, All Saints Episcopal Church.
HFD signing official attendees of the ceremony.
Rose Orozco, Founder.

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Thomas F. Molta former firefighter and President of the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corp.
Retired HFD Battalion Chief John O’Brien.
Hoboken Fire Dept Color Guard.

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