{"id":142661,"date":"2025-05-22T21:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142661"},"modified":"2025-05-22T21:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:45:47","slug":"congressman-mackenzie-honors-veterans-and-celebrates-local-history-in-carbon-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142661","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Mackenzie Honors Veterans and Celebrates Local History in Carbon County"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>Photo credit: Office of U.S. Congressman Ryan Mackenzie<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Congressman Mackenzie Honors Veterans and Celebrates Local History in Carbon County<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Carbon County, PA \u2014 On Armed Forces Day, Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, who represents Carbon County as part of Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th Congressional District, participated in two events honoring the region\u2019s history and its people. He began the day by presenting the Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster and \u201cV\u201d device to the family of the late Mr. William Bybel, a World War II veteran from Carbon County. Later, he attended the annual Jim Thorpe Birthday Celebration to commemorate the life of the legendary Olympian.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt was a privilege to present the Bronze Star to the Bybel family in honor of Mr. Bybel\u2019s heroism during World War II,\u201d\u00a0said Congressman Mackenzie.\u00a0\u201cHis courage and sacrifice represent the very best of our community, and I\u2019m glad that our office could help secure this medal to mark his exemplary service to our country.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Following the presentation, Congressman Mackenzie traveled to the Jim Thorpe Memorial for the annual celebration of Jim Thorpe\u2019s 138th birthday. He delivered remarks during the program, which featured Native American traditions, musical performances, and comments from local and state leaders.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI was privileged to participate in Jim Thorpe\u2019s 138th birthday celebration in the town that proudly bears his name,\u201d\u00a0said Congressman Mackenzie. \u201cAs one of the greatest athletes in American history, Jim Thorpe\u2019s extraordinary deeds and hard work continue to inspire our citizens. Thank you to everyone who participated in this terrific celebration.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Congressman Mackenzie encourages veterans and their families to contact his office if they are ever in need of assistance navigating federal agencies. Residents seeking assistance are encouraged to contact his office at (484) 781-6000 or visit\u00a0<u><a id=\"m_4555690910690186985OWA5f0901ee-22dc-c50c-a188-53ef81faf210\" href=\"http:\/\/mackenzie.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/mackenzie.house.gov&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1747992422403000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PGFZWFImndhKPGixo8I8D\">mackenzie.house.gov<\/a><\/u>\u00a0for more information.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nArnaud Armstrong<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo credit: Office of U.S. Congressman Ryan Mackenzie Congressman Mackenzie Honors Veterans and Celebrates Local History in Carbon County Carbon County, PA \u2014 On Armed Forces Day, Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142661\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Congressman Mackenzie Honors Veterans and Celebrates Local History in Carbon County<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142662,"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":[482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mackenzie-vets.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142661"}],"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=142661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}