Some of the Groups Marching in the 2009 parade are as follows: Raritan Mayor & Borough Council Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders Hills borough Mayor and Township Committee Somerville Mayor and Council Members Somerset County Sheriffs Office Somerset County Sheriff—Frank Provenzano Belle Mead Mayor & Council Montgomery Mayor & Township Committee Raritan's School Board Rep—Al Smith Quantico Marine Corps Band Marine 6th Motor Transport Battalion—Red Bank US Marine Corps Co. G 2nd Battalion—Dover Battery G Battalion 4th Marine Division Marine Reserves Marine Corp League—Dept of NJ NJ Chapter 1st Marine Division 4th Marine Division Association—Garden State Chapter 12 Somerville High School Pioneer Marching Band John Basilone Marine Det. 190 MCL Hunterdon County Bulldogs Marine Det. #927 MCL 1775 Marine Det #825 MCL Air Land and Sea Marine Det. #710 MCL Leatherneck Pipes and Drums Avenel Marine Det #189 MCL Det 1313 Jersey Shore Leatherneck Marines—Long Branch Bayonne Marine Det. #191 MCL Reynolds Marine Det. #203 MCL Danowski Marine Det. #196 MCL The Guard Pipes and Drums Gardner Marine Det. #199 MCL Giordano Marine Det. #200 MCL Spirit of Liberty Fife and Drum Central Jersey Leathernecks Marine Det. #868 MCL Pocono Region Pipes and Drums Gooney Birds Marine Detachment #434 MCL West Hudson Det. Lakeland Marine Detachment Paige Det. MCL Bridgewater/Raritan Marching Band Delaware County Det. #288 MCL Lambertville Volunteers Drum and Bugle Corps Patterson Marine Det. #747 MCL Semper Fidelis Marine Det. #204 MCL Slattery Marine Det. #206 MCL Pipes and Drums of the NJ Shore Shillelagh Toms River Marine Det. #796 MCL West Hudson Marine Det. #209 MCL US Marine Corp Junior ROTC—Rahway US Navy Corps ROTC—Linden High School USMC Dragsters Baehr Racing Immaculata High School Marching Band VFW Post #1748 Raritan VFW Post #2141 Somerville VFW Post 6588 Martinsville Middlesex County VFW American Legion Post $12—Somerville American Legion Post #304—Manville American Legion Post #63—Bound Brook American Legion Post #363—South Bound Brook American Legion Post #306 Middlesex The Order of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh Pipes and Drums Sons of American Legion Post 43— American Legion Post #493—Mystic Island American Legion Post #258 Blairstown American Legion—Trenton Department of NJ American Legion Post #321— Mr. Bob Matthews—Captain U.S.N.R. The Tin Can Soldiers of New Jersey Battleship New Jersey Historical Society Coast Guard Auxiliary American Merchant Marine Veterans Colts Neck Naval Junior ROTC Cuchulain Pipe Band Union County Corrections Honor Guard Gold Star Mother and Father of Stephen Koch 82nd Airborne North Jersey Chapter 82nd Airborne Division Association—Central 327th Gilder Infantry Regiment Central Jersey Military Motor Pool Saint Ann’s of Hampton Pipe Band GEM—VAT Veterans McGuire Honor Guard Vietnam Veterans of American—4 Vietnam Veterans of American—5 Special Forces Rolling Thunder—Oak Ridge Rolling Thunder—Livingston Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums Elks Somerville B.P.O.E. #1068 Knights of Columbus—Raritan John Basilone Council Knights of Columbus—Bridgewater George Washington Assembly Sgt. John Basilone Lodge—Order of Sons of Italy in America Warren County Band 3rd Army 6th Cavalry—Living History Unit Raritan Post War Club Catholic War Veterans of Our Lady of the Assumption USS Basilone Dog Therapy International Unico—District 10 Unico National Raritan Chapter Colonial Musketeers and Drum Corps Unico Expansion Director Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County Rolling Thunder National 4-H Go Karts Sgt John Basilone Columbiettes Legionnaire's Marching Band Knights of Columbus—Motorcycle Ministry of New Jersey Somerset County Park Commission—Park ranger Division Hillsborough Rockettes and Rockets Field Music of Salaam Shrine Center American Foundation for Suicide—Raritan National Alliance on Mental illness—Raritan United States Postal Service Jersey Fishin’ Dawn Patrol—6 Cyclists Lia Fail Pipe band Cub Scout Pack #95 of Saint Ann Brownie Troop #1269 Cub Scout Pack #154 Girl Scout Troop #781 Girl Scout—Bridgewater Service Unit 74 Girl Scout Troop #345 Metropolitan Festival band J-V Girls Bridgewater Schools Kennedy School—Principal Joe Walsh Somerset Regional Animal Shelter Raritan Fire Department Auxiliary Relief Hose Company No. 2 Salaam String Band West End Hose Company No. 3 Fire Department Somerville Police Department Bound Brook Fire Department Bradley gardens Fire Department Country Hills Fire Department Hillsborough Police Department Hillsborough Rescue Squad Neshanic Volunteer Fire Company