{"id":9671,"date":"2019-06-14T14:09:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T18:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=9671"},"modified":"2019-06-14T14:09:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T18:09:23","slug":"batavia-flag-day-ceremony-at-batavia-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/14\/batavia-flag-day-ceremony-at-batavia-va\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Flag Day ceremony at Batavia VA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-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\/U1pFAxDQ2iw?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><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Flag Day ceremony was held at the Batavia VA\/ Western New York Healthcare System on Richmond Avenue on Friday morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event is in partnership with Batavia Middle School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students read their essays about Flag Day to the Veterans who reside at the VA, and the Middle School band will perform patriotic music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essay winners are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1st place-Tosh Spilberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2nd place-Landon Hamilton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3rd place Trevor Tryon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Flag Day ceremony was held at the Batavia VA\/ Western New York Healthcare System on Richmond Avenue on Friday morning. The event is in partnership with Batavia Middle School. Students read their essays about Flag Day to the Veterans who reside at the VA, and the Middle School band \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/14\/batavia-flag-day-ceremony-at-batavia-va\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9672,"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":[398],"class_list":["post-9671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-flag-day-ceremony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-2vZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1502,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/06\/11\/bataviamiddle-school-students-talk-about-the-meaning-of-the-day-at-the-va-flag-day-ceremony\/","url_meta":{"origin":9671,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Middle School students talk about the meaning of the day at the VA Flag Day Ceremony","author":"aka","date":"June 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The first recognized observance of Flag Day was at a school in Wisconsin in 1895. Flag Day was established by a proclamation in 1916. In 1949, National Flag Day was then established by an Act of Congress. 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