Will Memorial Field Wall Be Back up in Time for Ceremony?

The wall at Memorial Field will be back up in time in time for next week's Memorial Day ceremony—it just might be missing a few pieces.

Public Works employees were rebuilding the wall—which was knocked down by a teenage driver in April—Monday afternoon, and township manager Scott Carew said director Ken Ewers anticipated the wall would be finished this week, ahead of Monday's ceremony.

However, the letters adorning the wall have been ordered, but have not arrived, Carew said. "The wall will be done in time. Just maybe not the letters."

He said the cost of rebuilding the wall is covered by the owner of the vehicle's insurance.

The township's annual Memorial Day ceremony begins at 10 a.m. Monday. Parks and Recreation director Theresa Miller gave a rundown of the morning's program:

• The Moorestown High School band will provide the musical prelude. 
• Boy Scout Troop 44 will handle the posting of colors, and Cub Scout Troop 44 will lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Mayor Stacey Jordan will welcome the crowd. The Honorable John Call Jr., a Vietnam veteran and Moorestown resident, will provide the keynote speech.
• Judith Young, mother of Jeff Young—who was killed in 1983 at age 22 while serving with the Marines in Beirut—will do the call of the wall, reading out the names of all the deceased listed on the monument. The Moorestown Community Girl Scouts will place a flower on the monument for each name.