Groups that marched in the 2005 Parade


Police Car
Basilone Family
US Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen
Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders
	Joan Clarkson & Peter Palmer
Raritan Council Members
Bound Brook Mayor and Council Members
Bridgewater Mayor & Council
Grand Marshall—Mary Gall Stoddard 
USMC Color Guard & Battery West Trenton
BAND-Quantico Marine Band
VFW Post #1748
American Legion Post #280 John Basilone Post
Marine 6th Motor Transport Battalion
Battery G 3rd Battalion 14th Marines
NJ Chapter 1st Marine Division
 4th Marine Division Association—Garden State Chapter
 BAND-Bridgewater/Raritan H.S. Marching Band 
	Gary Myer Director
Basilone MCL Color Guard
NJ State Dept MCL 
	William Wilson
Bayonne Marine Det  MCL
Basilone Det MCL
	Ray Skaazynski
Air Land and Sea Marine Det.#710 MCL
	Jeb Messina, Commandant
Gardner Marine Det. #199
	Michael Dalton Commandant
BAND-Leatherneck Pipes & Drums –
	Ted Grundmann
Avenel Marine Det.#189 MCL
	Harold B. Mann
Burlinghton Marine Det. #695 MCL
	John Zakian
Central Jersey Leathernecks Marine Det. #868 MCL 
	Kenneth Einhorn
Lakeland Marine Det. #744
	Joe Piazza
BAND-Immaculata High School Marching Band
	Sister Dolores
Al Division Det. Marine Corp League 
	Charles Chamberlain
Gooney Birds Marine Det. #434 MCL 
	C/O Joseph Kellett, Comm.
Hunterdon County Bulldogs Marine Det. #927 MCL
	Dick Brandt
Middlesex Marine Det.#197 MCL
	Joseph Casteluccio, Comm.
Reynolds Marine Corps League Det.
	Joseph P. Arcoleo
Patterson Marine Det. #747 MCL
BAND– Legionaires Senior Marching Band of Carteret Post#263
	Jeanne Axon
Slattery Marine Det.#206 MCL
	Peter Gallo, Comm
38. Toms River Marine Det.#796
	John Ludington, Comm
39. Trenton Marine Det. #207 MCL
	Michael Delahanty, Comm.
Warren County Marine Det. #894 MCL
	Eric Erickson, Comm
West Hudson Marine Det. #209 MCL
	James Kelly, Comm.
BAND -Pocono Region Pipes and Drums 
Delaware County Det. MCL
	Lee Davis
Salem County Marine Det. #523 MCL
	James Wentzell, Comm.
Staten Island Marine Det. #1 MCL
	Dennis Tobin
Sunrise Marine Detachment, Long Island
	Ed Van Leuvan
BAND– Pipes & Drums of NJ Shore Shillelagh
	Bill Thermann 
U.S. Marine Recruiting Station—*** may not be marching ****
Elizabeth High School JRROTC
	Col. Ed Connelly
Abraham Clark High School Marine Corps
	Major Gregory Penczak
U.S. Marine Corps Junior ROTC—Rahway High School
	Sqt. Major George Henry
U.S Marine Corps ROTC—New Brunswick St. Peters High School
	1st Sgt Philberg
US Navy Corps ROTC—Linden High School
Leathernecks Motorcycle Club—Gung Ho Chapter 
Band –Somerville High School Marching Band
Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 27
Union County Corrections Honor Guard
		Stephen Nagy
NJ Dept of Military Affairs
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association NJ Chapter 2
NWSE Honor Guard 
Tin Can Sailors of NJ
	Captain Howard Shaw, Comm
Bob Matthews
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 452
BAND-Colonial Musketeers Fife and Drum Corps
	William Cadwalader, President
VFW Post 2141 Somerville
VFW Post 6588 Martinsville Memorial Post –Bridgewater
VFW Post 5479 Tri-Boro Memorial—Dunellen
VFW Post 7858 Bernardsville Memorial Post
VFW Post 4374 Freehold Memorial
VFW Post 7508 Old Bridge
American Legion Post 63 Bound Brook
BAND—Bound Brook Drum and Bugle Corps
	Chris Albert
American Legion Post 306 -Middlesex- John W. Lupo Memorial Post
American Legion Post 12 Stevenson-D-Alessio Post—Somerville
American Legion Post 119 Dunellen
American Legion Post 25 -Milltown- Joyce Kilmer Post
American Legion Post 211 -Sayreville- Lenape Post
American Legion Post 507 & Auxiliary –Donald L. Clowes Post — Bridgewater
BAND-Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums
American Legion Post 65 -Metuchen- Fugle-Hummer Post
American Legion Post 102  and Ladies Auxiliary—Linden
American Legion Post 131 Belvidere 
American Legion Post of NJ 
	James Vinlard State Commander
American Legion Post 258 Blairstown
American Legion Post 499 -Rahway- James E. Mackie Post 
American legion Post 388 Jersey City
BAND-Lambertville Volunteers Drum & Bugle Corps
Unico National Fairfield
Somerville Elks
Knights of Columbus—Raritan- John Basilone Council
Knights of Columbus—Bridgewater- George Washington Assembly 
Special Forces—Veterans—Wallington
82nd Airborne Division Association—North Jersey Chapter 
82nd Airborne Division Association –Central Jersey Chapter
Naval Air Engineering Station—Lakehurst
BAND-The Order of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh –Old Bridge
	Master Sqt Brown
514th Air Mobility Wing Honor Guard
	McGuire Air Force Base
1st Squadron 9th Cavalry Troop D
U.S. Coast Guard Aux.
44th Infantry Division—Bridgewater
Central Jersey Military Motor Pool
BAND-Westfield Fifer and Drum Corps
Rolling Thunder National—Div 
Rolling Thunder Chapter 
Band—St. Ann’s of Hampton Pipe Band
Somerset County Sheriff Office
NJ State Police—Bridgewater
Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County
Italian American War veterans Post #2—Trenton
BAND -Lia Fail pipe Band
NJ National Teenager Scholarship Pageant 
Miss Nj Cover Girl—Hydie Pendleton
Spirit of Liberty—Hoboken
Unico National NJ Dist 10 -Hillside
BAND -Slaam Shrine Oriental Band
Hillsboro Rockettes and Rockets
St. Ann’s School
St. Ann’s Girl Scouts—Raritan #267, 480, 917, 950, 1029, 1086 & 1129
Girl Scout Troop 161-Bridgewater
Girl Scout Troop 1070 –Bridgewater
Girl Scout troop 1199—Hillsborough
Girl Scouts—Bridgewater Service Unit 14
Girl Scouts Junior Troop 1016—Rolling Hills -Bridgewater
Junior Girl Scout Troop 96—Bridgewater
Brownie Troop 893—Raritan
Brownie Girl Scout Troop 287—Bridgewater
Somerset Girl Scout Troop 322—Somerville
BAND-Field Music of Salaam Shrine Center
Boy Scouts Troop 95—Raritan
Cub Scout Pack 95 of St. Ann
Cub Scout Pack 154—Bridgewater
Cub Scout Pack 99 of Bradley Gardens—Bridgewater
BAND—Michael Aromanou Band
American Merchant Marines Veterans—Midland Park
Jersey Fishing—Flemington
The Forty and eight Hudson Voiture Locomotive—Kearney
Gene Taylor—1942 Mercury Station Wagon “Woodie”
Raritan First Aid Squad
Central Hook & Ladder -Somerville 
Bradley Gardens Fire Department—Bridgewater
South Bound Brook First Aid
Hillsboro Rescue Squad
Neshanic Volunteer Fire Co.