John 15:13 - Municipal Building - Mount Holly, NJ
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N 39° 59.574 W 074° 47.368
18S E 517972 N 4426990
This biblical verse can be found on a black, stone monument in front of the local municipal center honors & memorializes two, local municipal police officers killed in the line of duty and a third killed with one of the local police officers as well.
Waymark Code: WMA9KX
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TheBeanTeam
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This memorial/monument can be found to the right, in front of the Mount Holly Municipal center located at 23 Washington Street. The monument is a black, polished monument, roughly hewn all around, shaped like a cemetery stone. It is raised up on a rectangular socle, also roughly hewn. There is a broken, gray slate walkway which leads up to it form the sidewalk. The verse is attributable to the Bible and is found at the very end of the inscription, at the bottom of the stone. <p< The Monument reads

Honoring the Memory
And Valor of The
Police Officers Who Made
The Ultimate Sacrifice
While Serving to Protect
The People of Mount Holly Township

PATROLMAN DONALD ALESHIRE
Mount Holly Police Department
March 28, 1975

PATROLMAN WILLIAM WURST
Hainesport Police Department
March 28, 1975

PATROLMAN JOHN HOLMES
Mount Holy Police Department
July 22, 1992

Greater Love Hath No Man Than This,
Than to Lay His Life Down for His Friends.
John 15:13

Address:
23 Washington Street Mount Holly, NJ 08060


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