Gov. Christie To Attend Veterans Day Ceremony In Burlington County

WRIGHTSTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Political leaders are set to participate in Veterans Day ceremonies around New Jersey.

Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to attend an event at the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown Tuesday. The state-operated cemetery is the final resting place for more than 56,000 veterans and their family members.

Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno will visit the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Holmdel.

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez will speak at a ceremony in Secaucus while fellow U.S. Sen. Cory Booker will tour Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

Faculty and students in Monmouth University in West Long Branch will read the names of troops killed during deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq since the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

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