A Senior’s Observations, Opinions and Rantings Remembering the Fallen

By Charles P. Eberson Se nior Moments

Highway Route 50 is a meandering two-lane road cutting through the bucolic countryside of atlantic and Cape May counties. The atlantic County Park in Estell Manor is located at 109 Rt. 50. Within the park is a Nature Center, playgrounds, hiking trails, barbeque pavilions and a beautiful river view complete with a bench for one’s contemplations. The park is also home to an ever-expanding Veteran’s Cemetery, which I learned of 32 years ago when my father, army air Corps Staff Sergeant Bernard Eberson, was laid to rest there. I never knew the park existed until his flag draped coffin was transported there, accompanied by a military contingent and culminated with a flyover by the local air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing. apparently, my father was well acquainted with the park and the cemetery and frequented it often without our knowledge and now, my family and I are frequent visitors especially on Memorial Day Weekends.

On the Friday of the holiday weekend, the county hosts a ceremony honoring the veterans and their