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Officials will hold a Veterans Day ceremony at New Jersey's state-operated veterans cemetery.

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Monday's event at the Brig. Gen. William Doyle Veterans Military Cemetery in Wrightstown will include a flag retirement service in which the remains of 4,321 flags will be entombed.

State officials say the cemetery is the busiest state veteran cemetery in the nation, averaging 2,750 interments yearly.

The cemetery is the final resting place for more than 45,000 veterans and their relatives.

 

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