Thank you to everyone that spent their Veterans Day with us at City Hall to honor our local heroes for their service to our nation! 🫡🇺🇸 Special thanks are in order for: ⭐ Mayor Ted R. Green and the East Orange City Council ⭐ Keynote Speaker Petty Officer Raheem A. Lawrence and his wife Eliza Lawrence for singing The Star Spangled Banner ⭐ Guest Speaker Dr. Margaret Stevens (author and Essex CC History Professor) ⭐ Minister Marketa S. Blount for the Invocation & Benediction ⭐ The veterans of Lewis Lackland VFW Post 7923 for their Moments of Reflection ⭐ East Orange Junior Police Explorers Post 541 for the Pledge of Allegiance and Wreath Laying ⭐ And Director J. Jamal Pearson and the entire #EORCA staff that contributed to the event AWARD HONOREES 🏆 Earl Williams Award (Most Active City Resident Veteran): ERNEST R. COOKE 🏆 Stanley E. Costley Award (Highest Ranking City Veteran, Mayor's Selection): EOPD CPT. REGINALD BUTTS 🏆 Norman N. Abraham Awards (Longest Living Defenders of ...