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Memorial Day Ceremony at Hendricks Burial Ground

Veterans of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War are buried at the site.

Flags were placed at the Hendrickson Family Burial Ground in Holmdel, NJ Saturday morning, for Memorial Day.

Organizer Arthur Rittenhouse said that there are three soldiers buried there. One from the American Revolution, one soldier from the War of 1812, and another who served during the Civil War.

Rittenhouse is a member of the The Hendricks and Hendrickson Family Association Monmouth County, NJ, a group that formed to reconstruct the destroyed Hendricks Family Cemetery on Laurel Ave. 

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The group is awaiting a report by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office on the damage at the burial ground. Meanwhile, they are building a new website


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