It’s Memorial Day weekend, with the Hopewell Borough parade on Sunday at 1 pm, and the Pennington Parade on Monday at 11 am.
Local veterans groups also will be holding memorial observance throughout the weekend. The public is welcome to attend these events.
- Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339 will conduct cemetery and monument services at multiple locations – in Hopewell Township on Saturday morning, and in Hopewell Borough and Pennington before the parades on Sunday and Monday mornings, respectively.
- The Hopewell Valley Veterans Association also will conduct an observance at the Veterans Memorial at Woolsey Park on Saturday afternoon.
== View full 2024 Schedule of Hopewell Memorial Day Weekend Veterans Events and Services (PDF) ==
Memorial Day Weekend Parades
Sunday, May 26, 2024, 1 pm: Hopewell Borough Memorial Day Parade
- Line up at 12:30 at Taylor Terrace
- March east of Broad Street to Princeton Avenue
- Closing ceremony at Hopewell Elementary School
Monday, May 27, 2024 – 11 am: Pennington Borough Memorial Day Parade
- South Main Street
- Toll Gate Grammar School
Memorial Day Weekend Services
The schedule for Memorial Day weekend services is summarized below. See the full schedule for more information and the timing of each of these services.
Saturday, May 25, 2024, 9 to 11 am: Hopewell Township Services – Harbourton, Titusville, Pennington
- Harbourton Cemetery
- Titusville Methodist Church
- Titusville Presbyterian Church
- Pennington Methodist Church
Saturday, May 25, 2024, 11 am:
Hopewell Valley Veterans Association Observance – Woolsey Park
- Woolsey Park Veterans Memorial
221 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd,
Titusville, NJ 08560
Sunday, May 26, 2024, 9 to 11 am: Hopewell Borough Services
- Highland Cemetery
- Stoutsburg Cemetery
- Hunt Family Cemetery
- St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church
- Hopewell Fire Department
- Hopewell Old School Baptist Church
- Hopewell Elementary School
Monday, May 27, 2024, 9 to 10 am: Pennington Borough Services
- St. James Roman Catholic Church
- Pennington Presbyterian Church – Cemetery
- Masons Lodge – Monument
- Pennington African Cemetery
- Old Sun Bank – Monument
We welcome additional Memorial Day and other event photos and videos to share. The site currently has material from Hopewell, Pennington, and Titusville, including Hopewell parades back to 1946.
More on Memorial Day Activities
Posts on Memorial Day parades and activities
See also Town Events and Veterans Organizations
Memorial Day Parades
- Hopewell Parade Videos 1946 – 1948 – Memorial Day & 1948 Firemen’s videos
- Hopewell Memorial Day Parades c. 1950
- Hopewell Scenes – Memorial Day 1950 – 1990
- Hopewell Memorial Day Parades – 1960s & 70s
- Memorial Day Snapshots – Behind the Scenes – 1960s and 2005
- Memorial Day 1967 – Eagle Bakery
- Pennington Memorial Day Parade Video – 1984
- Hopewell Borough Memorial Day Parade – 1992
- 1990s Pennington Parade Videos – May Day, Memorial Day
Memorial Day and Related History
- Memorial Day – Hopewell’s First Fatality in WW II (1943)
- V-J Day in Hopewell (1945), as reported in the Hopewell News
- 1940s Hopewell Videos – Hopewell Honor Roll
- Where are the Hopewell Valley WW II Honor Rolls?
- Where are the Pennington Honor Rolls?
- Building World War II Avenger Torpedo Bombers at Mercer Airport (1942-45)
Veterans Organizations
- Hopewell Borough Veterans Organizations – GAR & American Legion
Media
- Images: Hopewell Memorial Day Album (Image Gallery)
- Video: Anderson Hopewell Parades 1946-48 (YouTube)
Memorial Day Observances
