Longport Veterans Monument

On August 30, 2003, Longport American Legion Post 469 dedicated Longport Veterans Monument in honor of the U.S. Armed Forces, past, present, and future, recognizing sacrifices made for the nation by military members and families and expressing eternal gratitude. Its concept uses the Earth’s predictable path around the Sun so that sunlight against brass arcs casts a shadow on date markers at the same time each year for listed U.S. military events. The events include the South Jersey Tea Party at Greenwich on December 24, 1774; Washington routing the British at Princeton on December 26, 1776; the U.S. and British signing Revolutionary War peace on September 3, 1783; Commandant Richard Somers exploding Intrepid in the Bay of Tripoli on August 3, 1804; the War of 1812 ending with the Ghent Peace Treaty on December 24, 1814; Confederates attacking Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, starting the Civil War; Gen Lee surrendering to Grant on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War; the Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish American War on December 10, 1898; the US House of Reps declaring WWI on April 4, 1917; Gen. Pershing marching U.S. troops into Paris on July 4, 1917; the 28th Inf. Div. conducting the first WWI attack on May 28, 1918; the Armistice being signed amid a Carnival of Peace in major European and US cities on November 11, 1918; Japan attacking Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, bringing the U.S. into WWII; Germany surrendering on May 7, 1945; Japan surrendering on August 9, 1945; 2 million Americans celebrating VJ day on August 14, 1945; the first US forces entering Korea on July 1, 1950; the Korean Armistice on July 2, 1953; the Tonkin Gulf Resolution on August 7, 1964; the VietNam cease fire being signed on January 27, 1973; Operation Desert Storm’s ground attack beginning on February 24, 1991, with allies prevailing in 96 hours; and the World Trade Center in NYC being attacked on September 11, 2001, beginning the War on Terror. Honoring those who have, are and will serve.

Longport, New Jersey · United States