{"id":54698,"date":"2024-07-09T21:57:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T01:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=54698"},"modified":"2024-07-09T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T01:57:18","slug":"batavia-a-last-salute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/batavia-a-last-salute\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/A last salute&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Scafetta-prcession-master-mp4.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Procession for Army Veteran Louis Scafetta, led by the Patriot Guard Riders, makes its way down East Main Street late Tuesday afternoon. Scafetta joined the Army and served his country from 1970 to 1972.  A Celebration of Life followed the procession at the family\u2019s pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bataviafuneralhomes.com\/obituaries\/louis-scafetta\">Louis Scafetta Obituary 2024 &#8211; H.E. Turner &amp; Co., Inc. Funeral Home (bataviafuneralhomes.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Procession for Army Veteran Louis Scafetta, led by the Patriot Guard Riders, makes its way down East Main Street late Tuesday afternoon. Scafetta joined the Army and served his country from 1970 to 1972. A Celebration of Life followed the procession at the family\u2019s pond. Louis Scafetta Obituary 2024 &#8211; \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/batavia-a-last-salute\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54701,"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":[8],"tags":[4454],"class_list":["post-54698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-louis-scafetta"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-eee","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51605,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/15\/batavia-procession-to-gcc-for-sgt-sanfratello\/","url_meta":{"origin":54698,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Procession to GCC for Sgt. 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