The 2004 Lineup

Updated list of groups scheduled to attend as of 9/22/04. Final listing to be posted after the parade.

There will be a World War II flyover during the parade ceremony.

The Basilone Family

Grand Marshal - Donald Basilone (brother to John)

Legislators / Governing Officials:

• US Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen
• US Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr
• State Senator Walter Kavanaugh
• Assemblyman Kip Bateman
• Assemblyman Pete Biondi
• Raritan Mayor Phil Possessky / Council
• Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders
• Bound Brook Mayor Frank Ryan / Council
• Bridgewater Mayor Patricia Flannery / Council
• Hillsborough Mayor Steven Sirici Jr / Council
• Manville Mayor Angelo Corradino / Council
• Millstone Mayor Mary Patrick / Council
• Somerville Mayor Brian Gallagher / Council
• Peapack Gadstone Mayor Vincent Girardy / Council
  
• Somerset County Sheriff's Department - Frank Provenzano, Sheriff
• NJ State Police – Perryville Station
• Bridgewater, NJ Police

United States Marine Corps

• John Basilone Detachment MCL 190
• 1st Marine Division Association - NJ Chapter
• 3rd Marine Battalion 14th Marines – Battery G
• 4th Marine Division Association – Garden State Chapter 12
• Air, Land, Sea Marine Detachment MCL 710
• All Divisions Detachment MCL – Churchville, PA
• Brooklyn Marine Detachment MCL 1
• Burlington Marine Detachment MCL 695
• Central NJ Leathernecks Marine Detachment MCL 868
• Company G – US Marine Corps 2/25 4th Marine Division
• Delaware County Detachment MCL - PA
• Dorn Marine Detachment MCL 198
• Gardner Marine Detachment MCL 199
• Gen. Smedley D. Butler Detachment MCL - PA
• Giordano Marine Detachment MCL 200
• Gooney Birds Marine Detachment MCL 434
• Hunterdon County Bulldogs Marine Detachment MCL 927
• Lakeland Detachment MCL 744
• Marine 6th Motor Transport Battalion - Red Bank, NJ
• Middlesex Marine Detachment MCL 197
• Ocean County Detachment MCL 201
• Passaic County Detachment MCL 202
• Patterson Detachment MCL Color Guard
• Patterson Marine Detachment MCL 747
• Reynolds Marine Detachment MCL203
• Slattery Marine Detachment MCL 206
• Smith Marine Detachment MCL 667
• State of NJ MCL
• Staten Island Marine Detachment MCL 1
• Sunrise Marine Detachment MCL – Massapequa, NY
• Toms River Marine Detachment MCL 796
• Trenton Marine Detachment MCL 207
• Warren County Marine Detachment MCL 894
• West Hudson Marine Detachment MCL 209

United States Army

• 3rd Army 6th Calvary - Hamilton, NJ
• 44th Infantry Division - Bridgewater, NJ
• 514th Air Mobility Wing - Headquarters Honor Guard - McGuire AFB, NJ
• 82nd Airborne Division Association - North - Cranford, NJ
• 82nd Airborne Division Association - Central - Whiting, NJ

United States Navy

• Naval Air Engineering Center Honor Guard – Lakehurst, NJ
• Naval Weapons Station – Earle Honor Guard
• NJ Department of Veterans & Military Affairs National Guard 2-113th
• Tin Can Sailors of New Jersey (w/ Bob Matthews, Retired Captain)
• US Navy Armed Guard – World War II Veterans

US Marine Corps Junior ROTC

• US Marine Recruiting Station - Somerville NJ
• US Marine Corps Junior ROTC – Abraham Clark High School
• Marine Corps - Roselle NJ
• US Marine Corps Junior ROTC - Elizabeth High School
• US Marine Corps Junior ROTC - Rahway High School
• US Marine Corps Junior ROTC - St. Peter's High School – New Brunswick, NJ
• US Navy Corps ROTC – Perth Amboy High School

Other Groups

• Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County
• Knights of Columbus - Sergeant John Basilone Council 13264 - Raritan, NJ
• Knights of Columbus – George Washington Assembly – Bridgewater, NJ
• National American Miss NJ State Cover Girl – Hydie Pendleton
• NJ National Teenager Scholarship Pageant
• Order of Sons of Italy in America – John Basilone Lodge 2588
• Saint Ann's School
• Somerville Elks Lodge 1068
• Unico District 10 – Union County
• American Merchant Marine Veterans
• Italian American War Veterans Post 2 – Trenton, NJ
• Military Order of the Purple Heart - Chapter 27
• Union County Corrections Honor Guard - Elizabeth, NJ
• Veterans Affairs Volunteer Service – East Orange, NJ
• 4-H Go Carts
• Jersey Fishin' Boat
• Leatherneck Motorcycle Club – NJ Gung Ho Chapter
• Old Woody - Antique Station Wagon
• Rolling Thunder Inc – 4th Infantry Division, Company B 1/22 Inf.
• Rolling Thunder Inc – Anthony Suhovic Chapter 3 – Hampton, NJ
• The Forty & Eight - Hudson Voiture 288 Locomotive
  

Veterans of Foreign Wars

• VFW Post 1748 - Raritan, NJ
• VFW Post 2290 – Thomas Kavanaugh Memorial Post - Manville, NJ
• VFW Post 2141 - Somerville, NJ
• VFW Post 6588 – Martinsville Memorial Post - Bridgewater, NJ
• VFW Post 7858 – Bernardsville Memorial Post
• VFW Post 10536 – Wayne Pisciotta Memorial Post – Highland Park, NJ
• VFW Post 5479 - Tri-Boro Memorial Post - Dunellen, NJ
• VFW Post 7504 - Piscataway Memorial Post
• VFW Post 2226 – Gimbel Lehy Quirk Memorial Post – Oakhurst, NJ
  
  

Amercan Legion

• American Legion Post 280 - Raritan, NJ
• American Legion Posts of NJ, Trenton
• American Legion Post 105 – Belleville, NJ
• American Legion Post 119 – Bill Uhler Post -Dunellen, NJ
• American Legion Post 12 – Stenson D’Alessio Post - Somerville, NJ
• American Legion Post 131 – Belvedere, NJ
• American Legion Post 177 – Crandal Kossman Post – Old Bridge, NJ
• American Legion Post 211 – Lenape Post – Sayreville, NJ
• American Legion Post 263 – Carteret, NJ
• American Legion Post 284 – Whitehouse, NJ
• American Legion Post 306 – John Lupo Memorial Post - Middlesex, NJ
• American Legion Post 324 – Clara Barton Post – Edison, NJ
• American Legion Post 25 – Joyce Kilmer Post - Milltown, NJ
• American Legion Post 258 - Givens-Belet Post - Blairstown, NJ
• American Legion Post 390 – Denville Memorial Post - Denville, NJ
• American Legion Post 499 – James E. Mackie Post - Rahway, NJ
• American Legion Post 507 & Auxiliary – Donald L. Clowes Post - Bridgewater, NJ
• American Legion Post 528 – Carl D. Archer Post - Belvedere, NJ
• American Legion Post 63 – Giles-Biondi Post - Bound Brook, NJ
• American Legion Post 65 - Fugle-Hummer Post - Metuchen, NJ
• Vietnam Veterans of America 452 – Central NJ Chapter

Scouting Troops

• Boy Scout Troop 95 - St. Ann's - Raritan, NJ
• Cub Scout Pack 95 - St. Ann's - Raritan, NJ
• Cub Scout Pack 154 - Bridgewater, NJ
• Cub Scout Pack 96 - Bridgewater, NJ
• Cub Scout Pack 99 - Bridgewater, NJ
  
• Girl Scouts Troop 156 - Raritan, NJ
• Girl Scouts Troop 161
• Girl Scouts Troop 1199
• Girl Scouts Troops 950, 480, 917, 598, 1129, 1086, 1029, 267 -
• St. Ann's - Raritan, NJ
• Girl Scouts Cadet Troop 612 - Bridgewater, NJ
• Girl Scouts Brownie Troop 893
• Girl Scouts Brownie Troop 96
• Girl Scouts Rolling Hills Brownie Troop 1016
• Girl Scouts Rolling Hills Junior Troop 782
• Girl Scouts Service Unit 14 - Bridgewater, NJ

Emergency Response

• Relief Hose Company #2 - Raritan, NJ
• Bradley Gardens Fire Department - Bridgewater, NJ
• Bound Brook Fire Department
• Country Hills Fire Department - Bridgewater, NJ
• Engine Company #1 - Main Street, Somerville, NJ
• Rescue Squad
• Neshanic Volunteer Fire Department

Bands

• Bound Brook Drum & Bugle Corps
• Bridgewater-Raritan High School Marching Band
• Colonial Musketeers Fife & Drum Corps
• Field Music of Salaam Shrine Center
• Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums Band
• Hillsborough Rockettes & Rockets
• Immaculata High School Marching Band
• Lambertville Drum & Bugle Corps
• Leatherneck Pipes and Drums Band
• Legionnaire's Senior Marching Band - Carteret, NJ
• LIA Fall Pipe Band - Allentown, NJ
• Order of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh – Old Bridge, NJ
• Parris Island Marine Corps Band
• Passaic County Sheriff Department Band
• Pipes & Drums of the NJ Shore Shillelagh
• Pocono Region Pipes & Drums Band
• Salaam Shrine Oriental Band - Bloomfield, NJ
• Salaam String Band
• Somerville High School Pioneer Marching Band
• Somerset Police Pipes & Drums Band
• Spirit of Liberty Fife & Drum
• St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band
• Warren County Band – Stroudsburg, PA
• Westfield Fife & Drum Corps