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Thomas Paine Statue Fundraiser - Dinner Dance to Honor Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich

The Fort Lee Common Sense Society and the Fort Lee VFW will hold a fundraiser for the Thomas Paine statue on Saturday, November 5th from 8PM to midnight at the Doubletree Hotel in Fort Lee.  Guest of honor will be Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich who will be presented with the first annual Fort Lee Common Sense Society "Winter Soldier Award."  The statue of Revolutionary War hero and Patriot Thomas Paine will be placed in Fort Lee's Monument Park where Paine lived with his fellow Ameircan soldiers in 1776.  Here Paine wrote the first passages of his American Crisis as he spoke of winter soldiers committed to the cause of Ameircan independence.  Tickets are $150 each and are tax deductible.  The event incudes cocktail hour, music by Sly Blue Jazz band, dancing, open bar and dinner.  Call (201) 693-2763 for ticket info or visit www.commonsensesociety.org,

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