{"id":30378,"date":"2017-04-12T15:54:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T19:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=30378"},"modified":"2017-04-12T15:54:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T19:54:51","slug":"honorary-first-defenders-allentown-chapter-78th-annual-meeting-dining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=30378","title":{"rendered":"Honorary First Defenders Allentown Chapter  78th Annual Meeting and Dining-In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">78<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Annual Meeting and Dining-In<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Western Hotel and Conference Center Routes 22 &amp; 512, <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">300 Gateway Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18017<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday, April 28, 2017 at 6 PM<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Honored service:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">United States PA Army National Guard <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Guest Speaker, BG Tony Carrelli (The Adjutant General)<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Honorary First Defenders, Allentown Chapter will hold its 78<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> annual Meeting and Dining-In on Friday, April 28<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> at the Best Western in Bethlehem.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The honored service is the United States PA Army National Guard with BG Tony Carrelli as the guest of honor.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> The night will conclude with a Change of Command ceremony of the HFD.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6 PM &#8211; cocktails<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7 PM &#8211; Dinner and Ceremony begins<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Colors presented<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mess Rules are followed \u2013 all donations support the local reserve\/guard units<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Remarks by the guest of honor, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; 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