{"id":105618,"date":"2021-03-04T16:31:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T21:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105618"},"modified":"2021-08-20T22:58:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T02:58:56","slug":"artsquest-and-embassy-bank-invite-community-to-submit-images-of-our-hometown-heroes-for-11th-annual-photo-display-at-steelstacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105618","title":{"rendered":"ArtsQuest and Embassy Bank Invite Community to Submit Images of \u2018Our Hometown Heroes\u2019 for 11th Annual Photo Display at SteelStacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hometown Heroes will be honored starting Memorial Day weekend<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA \u2014 Starting today through April 1, ArtsQuest and Embassy Bank invite the community to submit photos of family members, neighbors and friends who have served or are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces for the 11<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>annual \u2018Our Hometown Heroes\u2019 display at SteelStacks, starting Memorial Day weekend, May 29-31, and lasting through July 4th. Over the past 10 years, more than 1,600 images of local servicemen and women from all branches of the military have been on display to honor our hometown heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Submissions for \u2018Our Hometown Heroes\u2019 are being accepted at this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fest.formstack.com\/forms\/hometown_heroes_2021\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/fest.formstack.com\/forms\/hometown_heroes_2021&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614968505414000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMjaERol5wYim7Yp677y0cgzDIVw\">link<\/a>\u00a0through April 1. Photos should be high-resolution images in one of the file formats: jpeg, tiff, bitmap or PDF file.<\/p>\n<p>Each submitted photo will be displayed on one of the \u2018Our Hometown Heroes\u2019 banners on the SteelStacks campus and include the soldier\u2019s rank, branch, dates of service and hometown. All images submitted in previous years will automatically be displayed as part of the \u2018Our Hometown Heroes\u2019 display. As part of the display of \u2018Our Hometown Heroes,\u2019 Embassy Bank and ArtsQuest are also inviting the public to attend \u201cA Time to Remember\u201d Memorial Day event May 31, 3 p.m., at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks.\u00a0 Reservations for the ceremony can be made later this spring at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/memorial-day\">www.steelstacks.org\/memorial-day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to honor all members of the Armed Forces who have dedicated themselves to protecting and serving the United States,\u201d said Embassy Bank CEO, President and Chairman Dave Lobach Jr. \u201cWhat began a decade ago, has become an event at the SteelStacks campus that we look forward to every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additional details on the 2021 Memorial Day events and activities at SteelStacks will be available later this spring at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/memorial-day\">www.steelstacks.org\/memorial-day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nGabriela L. Laracca, ArtsQuest<br \/>\nPublic Relations Coordinator<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hometown Heroes will be honored starting Memorial Day weekend\u00a0 BETHLEHEM, PA \u2014 Starting today through April 1, ArtsQuest and Embassy Bank invite the community to submit photos of family &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105618\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ArtsQuest and Embassy Bank Invite Community to Submit Images of \u2018Our Hometown Heroes\u2019 for 11th Annual Photo Display at SteelStacks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5715,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artsquest","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hometown.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/105619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}