DID YOU KNOW ONE OF THE CRANFORD 86?

A volunteer committee has been formed in conjunction with the Cranford VFW Post #335 and The Memorial Day Parade Committee. Its goal is to give identity to each of the names that are read each year at the Memorial Day service at Memorial Park after our township parade. Over the next year a fundraising and educational campaign will take place. The funds raised will initially go toward embroidery of each of the service member’s names to their flag that represents the conflict in which they gave their life so that we can enjoy ours.
These flags have been carried for years in our Memorial Day Parade for decades, signifying each of the 86 residents. The embroidered flags will start our mission of creating an identity for each of them. In addition, other tributes to these 86 Cranford residents will be developed.
If one of these hometown heroes is a relative or a friend of your family please come forward and help us gather the information and photographs of their life and service record.
You may review the list of Cranford’s 86 on our Facebook page “Cranford86” or by stopping by the Cranford Community Center and picking up a Memorial Day program. You may select your Veteran to adopt for a fee of $25.00.
Applications are available at the community center office. You can email us as well with any information that will help us fill in the many blanks of the many stories that need to be told. NJVFWPOWMIA@gmail.com Checks should be made to Cranford VFW Post 335 Aux. please reference Cranford 86 in the memo field.