CAPE MAY — Over 222 years ago the United States Constitution was signed.
To memorialize the anniversary, Coast Guard Loran Support Unit held its annual Constitution Day celebration at the Cape May Victorian Bandstand in Rotary Park the evening of Sept. 17.
Constitution Day is a federal observance that recognizes the ratification of the United States Constitution. Its observation day, Sept. 17, is the day the U.S. Constitutional Convention signed it in 1787.
Congress established Constitution Day in 2004.
Cmdr. Gary Thomas led the ceremony, which began and ended with the Coast Guard Recruit Band playing American big band classics.
Past and present military services members, from those in the early weeks of recruitment to veterans of foreign wars of the mid-20th century, each read an amendment and shared the significance of that particular amendment in their lives.
The ceremony included a reaffirmation by each present military member to defend and protect the constitution, as sworn to when they initially joined their military services.
Loran Support Unit (LSU) is located on the southern tip of Wildwood, next to the two-mile beach unit wildlife conservation area.
LSU is responsible for providing maintenance support and new engineering design for all aspects for Loran-C navigation system and the 29 North American transmit stations.
Loran stands for Long Range Aid to Navigation.
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