{"id":44314,"date":"2024-06-10T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=44314"},"modified":"2024-06-10T08:44:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:44:06","slug":"four-flags-of-freedom-ceremony-to-be-held-on-flag-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/four-flags-of-freedom-ceremony-to-be-held-on-flag-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Flags of Freedom Ceremony to be held on Flag Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"611\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Four-Flag-Example-1-copy.jpg?resize=666%2C611&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44315\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Four-Flag-Example-1-copy.jpg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Four-Flag-Example-1-copy.jpg?resize=560%2C514&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Four-Flag-Example-1-copy.jpg?resize=260%2C239&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Four-Flag-Example-1-copy.jpg?resize=160%2C147&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>First of 4 Mega Flags to be Raised to Pay Tribute to Veterans<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defiance, OH- Defiance County Economic Development is hosting a special ceremony to commemorate the first flag being raised of their Four Flags of Freedom Campaign. Nearly two years ago, Defiance County Economic Development\u2019s Board decided to raise funds to establish the placement of Four Mega American Flags (30 x 60) to be placed along US 24 in Defiance County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Four Flags of Freedom&#8221; special ceremony will take place on&nbsp;<strong>June 14th&nbsp;at 4:00 PM<\/strong>&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<strong><em>Keller Warehouse located at 25135 Commerce Drive<\/em><\/strong>. The dedication ceremony will feature reflections from guest speakers who helped make this project a reality, along with veteran testimonies of how serving this great nation impacted their lives and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, Why Four Flags?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One American Flag to represent those currently serving<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One American Flag for those who made it home safely<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One American Flag for those who were injured in war<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And the last flag represents those who didn\u2019t make it home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Executive Director Paige Wesche stated, \u201cIt has been a long-awaited occasion that will be truly magical once the flags take flight. I am thankful that we are finally able to make it happen.\u201d Following the ceremony, the community is invited to continue the celebration at the Defiance Elks Lodge, 1760 Jefferson Ave., where refreshments will be served, and additional Flag Day activities will take place at 5:30 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First of 4 Mega Flags to be Raised to Pay Tribute to Veterans Defiance, OH- Defiance County Economic Development is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1464],"tags":[22554,15099,22556,9509,22551,22553,22555],"class_list":["post-44314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-history-community","tag-commerce-drive","tag-defiance-county-economic-development","tag-defiance-elks-lodge","tag-defiance-ohio","tag-flag-day","tag-keller-warehouse","tag-paige-wesche"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Four-Flag-Example-1-copy.jpg?fit=666%2C611&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-bwK","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 09:22:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44316,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44314\/revisions\/44316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}