The Borough would like to honor our military and veteran residents with their Military & Veteran Tribute Banner program. This year the Borough displayed 450 banners throughout the Borough!
The 2025 Banner application closing date is January 31st. The total cost for the banner and hardware is $200 per banner. Payments should be me out to “Fair Lawn Veterans Affairs Trust”, 8-01 Fair Lawn Ave, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410.
Please include with your check or money order:
- the service member or veteran’s photo,
- the service member or veteran’s name as it will appear on the banner,
- their service member or veteran’s branch of service,
- the address where the service member or veteran lives or lived prior to passing
- a brief description of how your family remains directly and continually connected to Fair Lawn
- your email address and return address for your photo
If your Service Member or Veteran falls into the town sponsorship category, we will need to see their DD214 to confirm the award, and you do not need to include a payment of $200.
Photographs can either be physical photos or a HIGH RESOLUTION scanned and emailed version. Please do not take a photo of a photo in a frame.
• Photos should be of the individual in their service uniform or veteran cap.
• Photos should be 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 and of the HIGHEST quality possible. Physical photos can be mailed to the below address, they will be returned.
• Scanned photos should be saved as a jpeg and emailed to veterans@fairlawn.org
• Please include the name of the individual and the branch they served in.
• Please do not send smaller photos, group photos or a photograph of a photograph as they cannot be transferred to a banner properly.
Photo submission has closed for 2023, applications for 2025 are due by Friday, January 24th, 2024.
***If you already have a banner you do not need to resend a photo. Your banner will be displayed again each year.
Please mail physical photos (they will be returned) to:
Borough of Fair Lawn
Office of Veteran Affairs
8-01 Fair Lawn Avenue
Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410
Banners will be displayed from Memorial Day through September 11th.
Once installed, the banner locations will be uploaded here.
Please contact Fair Lawn’s Office of Veteran Affairs at veterans@fairlawn.org or at 201-794-5331 with questions.
Last Updated: Mon, 05/22/2023 - 12:27pm