Honoring our Heroes

PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Residents, veterans and community and school groups took part in the annual Red Bank Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 held at the borough's Veterans Memorial on Monmouth Street. Clockwise from top: Red Bank Charter School thirdgraders Hego Marquez, Anna Whitaker and Ashley Houck lead their classmates in singing "You Are Our Heroes." Ervin Thompson, a member of Bates Lodge No. 220 in Red Bank, salutes the memorial wreath sponsored by the Elks Lodge that was placed at the memorial. Retired Lt. Col. John E. Occhipinti salutes as Red Bank Regional High School student C.J. Brush, Shrewsbury, plays taps at the ceremony.