Hundreds of residents and emergency services personnel came out Saturday morning in Riverton to honor a local veteran and firefighter at the “July 4 Jay” parade.
Residents lined the streets of Riverton with flags and decked out in patriotic gear near the township’s Fire Department to honor resident, veteran and firefighter Jason Wark.
Wark is battling brain cancer and his fellow members of the fire service wanted to honor him in the best way they knew how; a Fourth of July parade.
Wark served time in Iraq as a United States Marine and worked as a Burlington County Department of Corrections officer on top of being a Riverton firefighter.
The parade made its past Wark’s childhood home on Howard Street, just feet from the Riverton Fire Department.
Wark was surrounded by family, friends, fellow firefighters, police officers, veterans and even strangers who simply wanted to honor such a brave man.
The parade of fire apparatus, police vehicles, motorcycles and classic cars was led through Riverton by the Riverton Fire Department.
Surrounding departments, including those from Cinnaminson, Palmyra, Delran, Lenola, Moorestown, Willingboro, Riverside and more took part in the parade.
“It was an honor to take part in this special parade for Jason,” Cinnaminson Fire Chief William Kramer said. “It’s important for us to be there for a brother in a time of need.”
Apparatus from Hope Hose Co. (Beverly and Edgewater Park), Barrington, Cherry Hill, Mansfield, Delanco and Burlington City joined multiple other departments in the parade from around the region.
Shirts were sold during the parade and orders can continue to be placed with the Riverton Fire Department.
Image credits: Cinnaminson and Moorestown Fire Departments.
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