Veterans Day Ceremony Set For Saturday In Parsippany

PARSIPPANY, NJ — Parsippany is planning a Veterans Day ceremony this Saturday and all interested members of the public are invited to attend.

The annual ceremony is held at Veteran’s Memorial Park, located at 1839 US-46, Parsippany and will begin at 11 a.m.

Parsippany has about 1,100 residents who are veterans, according to U.S. Census data. Census officials also found that the township had 64 veteran-owned businesses as of 2017. You can find some of those businesses at veteranownedbusiness.com.

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Making this year's Veterans Day extra special, Parsippany Council President Loretta Gragnani and Vice President Michael dePierro were surprised to learn that they were also being honored for many years of dedicated public service to the county.

Gragnani, whose husband, Adam, was posthumously honored for his service as a Navy veteran, is the current president of the Parsippany Township Council after serving on the council for two consecutive terms. She has also served on the Board of Adjustments in Parsippany, where she has lived for the past 54 years.

DePierro has been on the Parsippany Council for more than 40 years, which, when combined with his six years on the Parsippany school board, makes him the longest-serving elected official in Morris County who is still active. He is the only official from Parsippany to have been honored in the New Jersey State League of Municipalities' "Elected Officials Hall of Fame."

They both plan on officially retiring from public service at the end of the year.