{"id":108928,"date":"2021-11-08T22:50:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T03:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108928"},"modified":"2021-11-08T22:50:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T03:50:03","slug":"veterans-day-events-in-northampton-county-and-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108928","title":{"rendered":"Veteran&#8217;s Day events in Northampton County and Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Lamont McClure and the Department of Veteran\u2019s Affairs are providing a list of scheduled events to honor our veterans. Veteran\u2019s Day is November 11<sup>th<\/sup>. Veteran\u2019s Day pays tribute to all American veterans\u2014living or dead\u2014but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cThe men and women in our armed forces have made many sacrifices to protect the lives and freedoms of Americans,\u201d says Lamont McClure. \u201cIt\u2019s important that we take time to reflect and honor their service to our country.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Events:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Nov. 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 6PM\u00a0&#8211; Vietnam War Commemoration Pin Ceremony and Veteran Town Hall with Congresswoman Susan Wild at Macungie VFW, 287 Lehigh Street, Macungie, PA 18062. This ceremony will also be available on Facebook via a livestream.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Nov. 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 10AM \u2013 Veteran\u2019s Day Ceremony at the National Museum of Industrial History,602 E. 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0Street, Bethlehem. Veterans and their families receive free admission to the museum from 10AM \u2013 5PM.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Nov. 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 10:30AM \u2013 Veteran\u2019s Day Program at Hackett Park in Easton with American Legion Post 611. For information, call 610-703-4074 or contact Joe Cuvo at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jacuvo85@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jacuvo85@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Nov. 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 11AM \u2013 Veterans Day Recognition Event at Lehigh Valley Hospital Hecktown Oaks, 3780 Hecktown Road, Easton, PA 18045.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Nov. 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0begins at 11:30AM\u00a0\u2013 Veteran\u2019s Day Celebration at the Hope Center, 429 E. Broad Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Nov. 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0from 5PM \u2013 10PM \u2013 Dine to Donate at the Apollo Grill,85 W Broad St, Bethlehem, PA. (10% of food sales go to Victory House of Lehigh Valley). Reservations are suggested: 610-865-9600<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Nov. 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 11:30AM \u2013 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for an open battlefield outdoor walkthrough at the American Legion Post 611, 429 S 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street, Easton, PA 18042.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Nov. 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and Dec. 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0at 6:00PM \u2013 Vietnam War Commemoration Pin Ceremony at Christopher\u2019s at the Knights in Allentown, 1519 Greenleaf Street, Allentown, PA 18012<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBecky Bartlett<br \/>\nDeputy Director of Administration<br \/>\nNorthampton County Government Center<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Lamont McClure and the Department of Veteran\u2019s Affairs are providing a list of scheduled events to honor our veterans. Veteran\u2019s Day is November 11th. Veteran\u2019s Day pays tribute to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108928\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Veteran&#8217;s Day events in Northampton County and Lehigh Valley<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108929,"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":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/veterans-day.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108928"}],"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=108928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}