Post 1776
On Wednesday May 28, 2025 post 1776 celebrated a flag raising at Kossmann-Flocktown school. In addition to the flag raising the children sang patriotic songs and gave the veteran many Thank You cards. The veterans were treated to nice breakfast after the celebration.
On Saturday, May 24, 2025 the Washington TWP Parks and Recreation Department and the Washington TWP Veterans Post 1776 held their annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Rock Spring Park in Long Valley.
Key Note Speaker was First Lieutenant Timothy Fallon
On Wednesday, May 21,2025 the Long Valley Veterans Association (AVAWT) attended a Memorial Day Celebration at Old Farmers Road school in Long Valley.
The morning started out with a wonderful breakfast supplied by the teachers from the school. A fag raising was planned, but to inclement weather we performed a flag folding ceremony for the student inside the school. The Long Valley Mayor, members of the School board, Police, and a NJ Sate trooper on the the bag pipes, also participated in the activities.
Post 1776 visited the Cucinella School on 5/19/25. The morning started with a wonderful breakfast followed by a Flag Raising and Flag-Folding demonstration. The vets received great cards and flyers from the students.
On Monday November 11, 2024 (Veterans Day) members of Post 1776 visited West Morris Central High School. The “1776” veterans spoke to six different groups of WMC students and answered their question and told them about our military experiences.
On Friday November 8, 2024 Washington Twp held their annual veterans day brunch at the Valley Restaurant in Long Valley. The Valley Restaurant, again, served a wonderful buffet brunch for our veterans. Also thank You to the Washington Twp Staff for their efforts to make this event possible.
On Thursday evening, November 7th, members of Post 1776 attended a Veterans Day event at the Washington Twp Librarty. Our members gave a brief talk on their time in the military, followed by a questions and answer period from the audience.
On Wednesday November 6th, Post 1776 visited the Long Valley Old Farmers Road School in honor of 2024 Veterans Day. We were treated with a great breakfast, followed by Flag raising and classroom visit with the 5th grade students.
