{"id":5119,"date":"2025-11-20T11:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/?p=5119"},"modified":"2025-11-20T11:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:10:26","slug":"celebrate-the-memory-of-david-cassidy-and-discover-all-that-downtown-west-orange-has-to-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/celebrate-the-memory-of-david-cassidy-and-discover-all-that-downtown-west-orange-has-to-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the memory of David Cassidy, and discover all that Downtown West Orange has to offer."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Friday, November 21, marks the 8th anniversary of the passing of one of West Orange&#8217;s favorite sons, David Cassidy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The David Cassidy West Orange&nbsp;Historical Marker Facebook Group has arranged to have Reverend Hernandez include David Cassidy in his &#8216;prayers of the people&#8217; during the 9:30 am Sunday Mass on 11\/23. A memorial candle will all also be displayed. All are welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also invite fans to visit special lawn signs displayed at his childhood home at 23 Elm Street, from Thursday through Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While in Downtown, you can visit the Historical Marker that was installed at Colgate Field (on Franklin Avenue) and the Elm Street corners that were co-named in his honor (on Franklin Ave and Harrison Ave) this past summer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrate the memory of David Cassidy, and discover all that Downtown West Orange has to offer: explore the Thomas Edison National Historical Park; get some early holiday shopping down at our retail stores; and grab a coffee, quick lunch, or sit-down dinner at one of our wonderful restaurants!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#DowntownWestOrange #WestOrange #DavidCassidy #HistoricalMarker #thomasedisonnationalhistoricalpark #nationalparkservice #TrinityChurch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DavidCassidyHonored_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DavidCassidyHonored_01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DavidCassidyHonored_01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DavidCassidyHonored_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DavidCassidyHonored_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DavidCassidyHonored_01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DavidCassidyHonored_01.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday, November 21, marks the 8th anniversary of the passing of one of West Orange&#8217;s favorite sons, David Cassidy.&nbsp; The David Cassidy West Orange&nbsp;Historical Marker Facebook Group has arranged to have Reverend Hernandez include David Cassidy in his &#8216;prayers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/celebrate-the-memory-of-david-cassidy-and-discover-all-that-downtown-west-orange-has-to-offer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[162,71,164],"class_list":["post-5119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fansite","tag-david-cassidy","tag-fans","tag-fansite"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidcassidy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}