New Brunswick Elks Lodge Celebrates Flag Day
The ceremony is held annually at B.P.O.E. Lodge #324 on Livingston Avenue.
The New Brunswick Elks continued a time honored tradition on Thursday with its annual observance of Flag Day in front of the lodge on Livingston Ave. B.P.O.E. Lodge #324 was joined by New Brunswick firefighters, New Brunswick police officers, and law enforcement officers from Rutgers University and Middlesex County, National Guardsmen and women, the local Catholic War Veterans, and Middlesex County Police and Firemen's Pipe and Drum. Students from the nearby Roosevelt Elementary School waved small flags throughout the ceremony, which featured a keynote address from Mayor James Cahill. B.P.O.E. Lodge #324 Exalted Ruler Mary Peppe said that the Elks are the only organization in the U.S. that mandates an annual observance of Flag Day. The …
