{"id":22017,"date":"2018-11-28T15:11:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/?p=22017"},"modified":"2018-11-28T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:12:10","slug":"pow-mia-chair-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/pow-mia-chair-dedication\/","title":{"rendered":"POW-MIA Chair Dedication at North Hunterdon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During a special dedication ceremony held on November 27,\n2018, Rolling Thunder Inc. and the Dante family bestowed upon North Hunterdon\nHigh School an empty POW-MIA chair that commemorates the service men and women\nwho did not return home and their sacrifice to protect our country.\u00a0 The chair, along with the American and\nPOW-MIA flags also donated by Rolling Thunder, will be on display in the\nschool\u2019s history wing on the second floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gus Dante, Government Affairs liaison for Rolling Thunder,\nshared that 24 POW-MIA chairs have been dedicated in New Jersey and 375\nnationwide, including one in the U.S. Capitol Building. \u201cThere are 40 people\nstill missing from New Jersey\u202683,000+ are still unaccounted for from all wars,\njust think about that.\u00a0 We will not\nforget them,\u201d said Dante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 20 members of Rolling Thunder Inc., including founder\nand National Executive Director Artie Muller, attended the dedication ceremony,\nalong with local officials and high school students.\u00a0 In addition to the empty chair dedication,\nRolling Thunder also displayed on stage the empty POW-MIA table and explained\nits significance to the people and students in attendance. The empty table is\ntypically seen at military balls and chow halls to remind us of those who are missing\nfrom our table and to raise a glass to their missing comrades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Greg Cottrell, Principal of North Hunterdon High School,\nopened the ceremony by speaking to how the chair fits in with the district\u2019s\nmission statement of creating responsible citizens as well as the obligation\nschools have to educate students about the sacrifices that have been made so we\ncan enjoy the freedoms we have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you are a student who wants to make a difference in the\nworld, North Hunterdon High School will give you every advantage to do so.\n\u00a0But this is only possible because of the brave men and women who have put\ntheir lives on the line to keep the wolves at bay.\u00a0 And even as we sit here, there are military\nmembers out there right now standing between us and those who would like to\ncome and take this all away. \u00a0Memorials such as this promote responsible\ncitizenship by reminding students to respect, honor and appreciate the\nsacrifices made in service to our country.\u00a0\u00a0\nI am extremely proud to have this memorial at North Hunterdon and I\nthank everyone who worked to make this possible,\u201d said Dr. Cottrell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to representatives from Rolling Thunder, the\ndedication ceremony was coordinated by Assistant Principal Timothy Flynn, North\nHunterdon Social Studies Honor Society Advisor\/history teacher Tim Kieffer, and\nthe Patriotic Club Advisor\/history teacher Michael Phillips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Rolling Thunder, Inc. and their efforts\non behalf of POW-MIA service members, please visit https:\/\/www.rollingthunder1.com\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chair is unveiled by Dr. Cottrell, Gus Dante of Rolling Thunder and the Dante family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Plaque on the chair, which is now displayed on the second floor in history wing display case.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During a special dedication ceremony held on November 27, 2018, Rolling Thunder Inc. and the Dante family bestowed upon North Hunterdon High School an empty POW-MIA chair that commemorates the service men and women who did not return home and their sacrifice to protect our country.\u00a0 The chair, along with the American and POW-MIA flags […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-news"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"msmagala","author_link":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/author\/msmagala\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 03:33:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22017"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22022,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22017\/revisions\/22022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}