{"id":3967,"date":"2016-11-10T09:57:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T17:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2016-11-10T09:57:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T17:57:06","slug":"veterans-honored-annual-downtown-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/veterans-honored-annual-downtown-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans to be Honored with Annual Downtown Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Yakima community will honor its veterans and all U.S. military veterans by staging the 2016 Veterans Day Parade in Downtown Yakima on Friday, November 11<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 The parade is sponsored annually by the Veterans of Foreign Wars \u2013 Post 379.<\/p>\n<p>The parade will begin at 10:45 am at the intersection of Yakima Avenue and 6<sup>th<\/sup> Street and will continue west to 6<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue where marchers will turn south.\u00a0 The parade will end about a half-block east of the VFW \u2013 Post 379 building, which is located at 118 S. 5<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue, and is expected to draw more than 100 entries.<\/p>\n<p>No parking will be allowed on Yakima Avenue between 6<sup>th<\/sup> Street and 6<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue from 8:45 am on November 11<sup>th<\/sup> until the parade is completed.\u00a0 Cars parked along that portion of Yakima Avenue during that time will be subject to being towed at the owner\u2019s expense.\u00a0 North-south cross streets along the parade route will be blocked off while the parade is underway.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent Veterans Day Proclamation, President Barack Obama said, \u201cThe brave men and women of our Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard demonstrate a resolute spirit and unmatched selflessness, and their service reminds us there are few things more American than giving of ourselves to make a difference in the lives of others.\u00a0 On Veterans Day, we reflect on the immeasurable burdens borne by so few in the name of so many, and we rededicate ourselves to supporting those who have worn American\u2019s uniform and the families who stand alongside them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Veterans.pdf\">Veterans Day Parade &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yakima community will honor its veterans and all U.S. military veterans by staging the 2016 Veterans Day Parade in Downtown Yakima on Friday, November 11th.\u00a0 The parade is sponsored annually by the Veterans of Foreign Wars \u2013 Post 379. The parade will begin at 10:45 am at the intersection of Yakima Avenue and 6th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3969,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3967\/revisions\/3969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}