Police cadets. This photo is from the 2020 memorial in the GA. Paul Goldfinger photo. Blogfinger.net.

Jean Bredin  photo. Prior NJ Police Memorial at the Great Auditorium. ©  Hazlet, NJ Police Color Guard.

By Paul Goldfinger, MD,  Editor Blogfinger.net.  Ocean Grove, NJ.  May 10, 2023.

Blogfinger.net  received this inquiry from an anonymous  Grover today:    “Will there be a ceremony this year for fallen officers in Neptune?”  In 2022 the event was “virtual.”

Every year there are police casualties, and this spring remembrance event is attended yearly by officers from all over New Jersey along with high ranking officials and a large number of bagpipers that stretch out around the perimeter of the GA.  The officers bring police dogs and horses, and everyone is in uniform.  It is always very moving.

This year, 2023,  the event was not scheduled in the Grove, but those who lost their lives in the line of duty are still remembered in our town.

Neither we nor the CMA know why they did not renew the tradition here this year.

The speech below is from 2022.

THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS

And for the families of the fallen:

THE EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS:    “Oh Happy Day…”

“He taught me how (He taught me how)
To watch and fight and pray
Watch and pray

“And live rejoicing every day
Every day.”