Essex County commemorates Memorial Day early at Veterans Memorial Park

NEWARK, NJ — On Tuesday, May 24, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. hosted a Memorial Day ceremony at the Armed Forces Memorial in Essex County Veterans Memorial Park to commemorate Memorial Day. Laying a ceremonial wreath with the county executive were Deputy Chief of Staff William Payne; Commissioner Patricia Sebold; retired Navy and Naval Reservist Bill Squires from West Orange; Commissioner Len Luciano; U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill; county administrator Robert Jackson; Sheriff Armando Fontoura; Commissioner Tyshammie Cooper; register Juan Rivera; Commissioner Romaine Graham; surrogate Alturrick Kenney; Clarence Jackson from Disable American Veterans Chapter 3 in Newark; North Caldwell Mayor Joseph Alessi; Senate Majority Leader and Deputy Chief of Staff M. Teresa Ruiz; Essex County Juvenile Detention Center Director Dennis Hughes; Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin; and Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II.

  County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., Essex County Board of County Commissioners, Memorial Day, Mikie Sherrill, Sheriff Armando Fontoura, Teresa Ruiz, Theodore N. Stephens II, Veterans Memorial Park