2025 NJ Run For The Fallen Timeline

11.30 AM to 2:00 PM, Wednesday, SEP 24th, 2025 ~ Free Lunch, Gold Star Family Members only.
​The Blue Pig Tavern, 200 Congress Place, Cape May.
(Pictures below are 2024 Gold Star Free Lunch ~ click on each to enlarge)

3:00 PM onward, Wednesday, SEP 24th, 2025 ~ Remembrance Ceremony and Buffet Dinner
Historic Hanger where historic aircraft and interactive displays are showcased in a restored WWII training site...
Naval Air Station Museum, 500 Forrestal Road, Cape May Airport, NJ 08242.
(Pictures below are 2024 Remembrance Ceremony ~ click on each to enlarge)

Timeline - 2024 NJ Run For The Fallen
Wednesday, September 24th to Sunday 28th, 2025.

​Wednesday, September 24th, 2025

• 11:30 AM thru 2:00 PM, Free Lunch – Gold Star Family Members only.  The Blue Pig Tavern, 200 Congress Place, Cape May. Arrive any time between 11:30 AM and 2:00 PM – your choice from the regular Menu.
• 3:00 PM onward at The Naval Air Station Aviation Museum, 500 Forrestal Rd, Rio Grande, NJ 08242.
• 4:45 PM – Remembrance Ceremony followed by Dinner inside the Museum.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025 – Day 1

• ​7:00 AM - Assemble - ​Sunset Beach, 502 Sunset Blvd, Cape May Point, NJ 08212.
• 7:35 AM - Run Team Start.
• Run through Cape May Point, City of Cape May, Lower Township, Wildwood Crest, Wildwood, Stone Harbor/Avalon, Sea Isle City, Ocean City.
• ​​6:50 PM - Finish of Day 1 - American Legion Post 524, 4508 West Ave, Ocean City, NJ 08226.
• 7:00 PM - Run Team & Gold Star Family Dinner - American Legion Post 524, 4508 West Ave, Ocean City, NJ 08226.

Friday, September 26th, 2025 – Day 2

• 7:00 AM - Start of Day 2 - Parking Lot at Point Diner, 8 MacArthur Blvd, Somers Point, NJ  08244.
• Run through Somers Point, Linwood, Pleasantville, Absecon, Galloway, New Gretna, Little Egg Harbor, Tuckerton, Stafford,  Manahawkin.
• 3:30 PM - Finish of Day 2 - Manahawkin Elks Lodge, 520 Hilliard Blvd, Manahawkin, NJ 08050.

Saturday, September 27th, 2025 – Day 3

• ​6:45 AM - Start of Day 3 - Manahawkin Elks Lodge #2340, 520 Hilliard Boulevard, Manahawkin, NJ 08050 
• Run through Manahawkin, Stafford, Barnegat, Waretown, Forked River, Lacey, Bayville, Lanoka Harbor, Pine Beach, Beachwood, Toms River, Brick.
• ​6:35 PM - Finish of Day 3 - American Legion Post 129, 2025 Church Rd, Toms River, NJ.
• ​​6:35 PM - Run Team & Gold Star Family Dinner - American Legion Post 129, 2025 Church Rd, Toms River, NJ.

Sunday, September 28th, 2025 – Day 4 - National Gold Star Mothers and Families Day...

• ​6:30 AM - Start of Day 4 - Brick Elks Lodge #2151, 2491 Hooper Ave, Brick, NJ 08723.
• Run through Brick, Point Pleasant Beach, Brielle, Manasquan, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, Belmar, Avon, Bradley Beach, Asbury Park, Interlaken, Deal, Long Branch, West Long Branch, Oceanport, Little Silver, Shrewsbury, Tinton Falls, Middletown, Lincroft, Holmdel.​
• 6:30 PM - Finish of Day 4 & Ceremony - NJ Gold Star Family Monument located on the grounds of the NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial at the PNC Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ 07733.