Winter 2007 Edition NJDMAVA Veterans

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The New Jersey Veteran Journal is an official publication of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and is intended to serve New Jersey's veterans, their families, friends and concerned individuals and groups. All correspondence should be sent to the editor at:

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Govenor Honors Veterans

Ocean County Donation

New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine shakes hands with some of New Jersey’s newest veterans, Soldiers from the 250th Brigade Support Battalion, before giving the keynote speech at the Veteran’s Day Memorial ceremony at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery. The ceremony took place on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. on the patio of the chapel.

The Veterans Day ceremony honored New Jersey veterans who have served in the United States Armed Forces. The ceremony included a flag retirement service, wherein the ashes of 2,000 flags were entombed.

The Veterans Memorial Cemetery is New Jersey’s sole state-operated veterans’ cemetery. Dedicated in 1986, it is funded jointly by state and federal dollars and is under the management of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Doyle Cemetery is the busiest state veteran cemetery in the nation, averaging 2,750 interments each year. For more information on the cemetery, go to www.state.nj.us/military/cemetery/index.html.