{"id":95853,"date":"2019-10-07T14:39:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T18:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=95853"},"modified":"2019-10-07T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T18:39:18","slug":"allentown-recognizes-military-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=95853","title":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN RECOGNIZES MILITARY VETERANS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allentown will celebrate military veterans in November during Veterans Appreciation Month!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A kick-off event will be held on Saturday, November 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Seventh &amp; Hamilton streets.\u00a0 It will include a static military vehicle display, participation from veteran-serving organizations in the Lehigh Valley and beyond, music, food and a flag raising ceremony scheduled for 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The kick-off event will be preceded by Red, White &amp; Blue Night business specials beginning on Friday, November 1, and continuing throughout the month from participating businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Flags and banners recognizing veterans will be hung on Hamilton Street, Hamilton Boulevard, Union Boulevard and Susquehanna Street.\u00a0 Opportunities are available for businesses to sponsor a veteran banner.<\/p>\n<p>The city is partnering on the celebration with the Allentown Police Department Honor Guard, the Allentown Fire Department, Lehigh County Veterans Affairs Office and PPL Veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Ray O\u2019Connell said, \u201cThe message that we deliver all month is to acknowledge that all those who served &#8211; not only those who died &#8211; have sacrificed and done their duty.\u00a0 We appreciate their service and thank them for their contributions to preserving our freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PPL Corporation, AARP, City Center Allentown and Alvin H. Butz, Inc. are celebration sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>The city invites businesses across the city to send information to events@allentownpa.gov with their discounts for veterans for publication in the city\u2019s program booklet.<\/p>\n<p>The city is developing a calendar of other events held throughout the month to be set up at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/veterans\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/veterans&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1570558347764000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHTiqHsSdID1-kCknmkTWSa-wcg4w\">www.allentownpa.gov\/veterans<\/a>. Events held in the city or events run by an Allentown organization can be submitted at events@allentownpa.gov.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nMike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95854,"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-95853","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\/2019\/10\/allentown-vets.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95853"}],"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=95853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}