Wallington set to observe Veterans Day/Re-dedicating Civic Center in Honor of Army Capt. & Mayor Walter M. Slomienski Jr.

THE BOROUGH WILL BE OBSERVING VETERANS DAY ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH WITH FOUR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TAKING PLACE.  ALL ARE ASKED TO GATHER AT THE VETERANS MONUMENT ON HARTMANN – TURSICK VETERANS BOULEVARD (PATERSON & UNION) AT 10 AM. 
AT THE TIME THE TOWN WILL BE HONORING OUR VETERANS IN CEREMONIES FOR THEIR SERVICE AS WELL AS MARKING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEDICATION OF ITS WAR MEMORIAL MONUMENT IN 1919.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SERVICES AT THE MONUMENT ALL ARE ASKED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE WALLINGTON CIVIC CENTER WHERE THE BOROUGH WILL HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATED SERVICE OF MAYOR EMERITUS AND ARMY CAPTAIN WALTER M. SLOMIENSKI JR.  WHO SERVED GALLANTLY IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND SERVED THE BOROUGH AS MAYOR FOR SIXTEEN YEARS BY REDEDICATING THE CIVIC CENTER IN HIS NAME.  THIS COINCIDES WITH THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE CIVIC CENTER WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED DURING MAYOR SLOMIENSKI’S TENURE. 
MANY DIGNITARIES ARE EXPECTED AND THE BOROUGH IS ANTICIPATING MANY RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF WALLINGTON TO BE A PART OF THIS SIGNIFICANT DAY. 
CONTACT PERSON: MAYOR MARK W. TOMKO