{"id":25969,"date":"2021-06-11T23:02:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T03:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=25969"},"modified":"2021-06-11T23:02:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T03:02:31","slug":"genesee-county-wny-national-cemetery-entrance-in-pembroke-lined-with-26-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/06\/11\/genesee-county-wny-national-cemetery-entrance-in-pembroke-lined-with-26-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/WNY National Cemetery  entrance in Pembroke lined with 26 flags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/919z0yRq6i8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Video of flag raisings\/interviews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Avenue of Flags<\/strong>&nbsp;is something National Cemeteries display during Memorial Day. National Cemeteries can either put small flags up at each marker or display an Avenue of Flags for Memorial Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Western New York National Cemetery has been recently approved to display the Avenue of Flags annually from Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday in May) to the Saturday after Veterans Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each flag that is flown along the Avenue has either draped a Veterans casket or accompanied a Veterans urn to their final resting place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each flag has been presented to the Next of Kin of the Veteran on behalf of the President of the United States and the Branch of Service the Veteran served. Families donate their Veterans interment flags to fly in the Avenue to represent their service and sacrifice to the country. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0WNYNC Memorial Council\u00a0is responsible for the maintenance of the flags as well as the collecting the donated flags. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">____________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of students from the Veteran&#8217;s Outreach Club at Pembroke High School assisted with putting the flag poles and flags up for display on Friday afternoon. Three students with be assigned to inspect the flags each week to make sure they are in good condition. The group will also assist with the Wreaths Across America event later this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release The Avenue of Flags&nbsp;is something National Cemeteries display during Memorial Day. National Cemeteries can either put small flags up at each marker or display an Avenue of Flags for Memorial Day. The Western New York National Cemetery has been recently approved to display the Avenue of Flags annually \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/06\/11\/genesee-county-wny-national-cemetery-entrance-in-pembroke-lined-with-26-flags\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,108],"tags":[2645,2646],"class_list":["post-25969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","category-pembroke","tag-the-avenue-of-flags","tag-wny-national-cemetery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-6KR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59140,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/19\/genesee-county-wreaths-across-america-day-planned-in-december-at-the-wny-national-cemetery-in-pembroke\/","url_meta":{"origin":25969,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Wreaths Across America Day planned in December at the WNY National Cemetery in Pembroke","author":"aka","date":"November 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Wreaths are available for purchase Press release\/provided photos This year the event is taking place on December 14th with a start time of 12:00p.m. at the WNY National Cemetery. The WNY National Cemetery Memorial Council is again running the event. 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The WNY National Cemetery Memorial Council, a non-profit organization at the WNY National Cemetery, along with members of the Pembroke Veterans Outreach, assisted with The Wreaths Across America Day event on Saturday afternoon. The nationwide event had over 4,000 cemeteries participating on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Pembroke&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Pembroke","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/pembroke\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DSC_0478-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C873&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DSC_0478-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C873&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DSC_0478-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C873&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DSC_0478-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C873&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DSC_0478-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C873&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49071,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/17\/genesee-county-pembroke-large-crowd-attends-wreaths-across-america-at-wny-national-cemetery-on-saturday\/","url_meta":{"origin":25969,"position":2},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Pembroke\/Large crowd attends Wreaths Across America at WNY National Cemetery on Saturday","author":"aka","date":"December 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Video story Good weather brought out many volunteer hands and families to the Wreaths Across America event at the WNY National Cemetery in Pembroke on Saturday afternoon. Wreaths Across America is held at over 4,000 cemeteries across the country. 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