{"id":12254,"date":"2024-05-30T17:52:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=12254"},"modified":"2024-05-30T17:52:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:52:51","slug":"first-annual-feed-the-veterans-barbecue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/first-annual-feed-the-veterans-barbecue\/","title":{"rendered":"First Annual Feed the Veterans Barbecue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12255 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_5714.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/>The Truth Staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A great way to start the Memorial Day weekend!<\/p>\n<p>The Gold Star Veterans Life Enrichment Services held their first annual \u201cFeed the Veterans Barbecue\u201d on Saturday May 25 at the compound at 3 E. Bancroft Street to celebrate the opening of the Memorial Day weekend holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 200 guests enjoyed a free meal and also had the opportunity to select items from the free clothing giveaway.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the Veterans Barbecue was to \u201chonor those who have served our country,\u201d said Mike Ivery, organizer of the special event. \u201cLet\u2019s come together as a community to show our appreciation and support for our veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event started at 1 p.m. at the Gold Star Veterans Life Enrichment Services\/Truth Colours Art Gallery compound at the corner of Franklin and Bancroft.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12254 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/first-annual-feed-the-veterans-barbecue\/img_5715\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_5715.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/first-annual-feed-the-veterans-barbecue\/img_5721\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_5721.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Truth Staff A great way to start the Memorial Day weekend! The Gold Star Veterans Life Enrichment Services held their first annual \u201cFeed the Veterans Barbecue\u201d on Saturday May 25 at the compound at 3 E. Bancroft Street to celebrate the opening of the Memorial Day weekend holiday. Nearly 200 guests enjoyed a free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[232],"class_list":["post-12254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12258,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12254\/revisions\/12258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12254"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=12254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}