The event will be held at 6 p.m. at the Salem City Veterans Memorial on West Broadway.
SALEM -- An observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day is scheduled in Salem City Friday evening, organizers say.
The ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. at the Salem City Veterans Park on West Broadway.
POW/MIA Recognition Day is held annually on the third Friday of September. It is the day Americans take time to honor those who were held as prisoners of war and remember those who are still missing in action.
The event also recognizes the families of POW/MIAs.
Cpl. Joseph C. Toulson VFW Post 253 of Elsinboro is organizing the event.
The public is invited to attend.
VFW Post 253 provided information for this story.
