{"id":2543,"date":"2017-11-03T22:18:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T22:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2017-11-06T22:09:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T22:09:48","slug":"veterans-appreciation-event-november-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/2017\/11\/03\/veterans-appreciation-event-november-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Appreciation Event November 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2544\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2017\/11\/colonel-todd.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2544\" class=\"wp-image-2544\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2017\/11\/colonel-todd.jpg?resize=185%2C259\" alt=\"Colonel (Ret) Nate Todd \" width=\"185\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colonel (Ret.) Nate Todd, Director of the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Help us salute our nation\u2019s heroes by joining us for a special event hosted by the Ross Pendergraft Library on Thursday, November 9th, in room 300B.\u00a0 This free and open event will feature several special presentations on veteran services, history, memorials, and more.\u00a0 The evening will kick off at 7:00 P.M. with our distinguished guest and\u00a0 keynote speaker, Colonel (Ret.) Nate Todd, current Director of the Arkansas Department of Veteran Affairs.\u00a0 All are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Colonel Todd\u2019s keynote address, guest speakers will provide presentations on the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presentation of the Colors by ATU ROTC<\/li>\n<li>Armed Forces Medley<\/li>\n<li>POW\/MIA<\/li>\n<li>Quilt of Valor presentation<\/li>\n<li>Veterans Park Walk of Honor Tiles<\/li>\n<li>WWI Centennial Memorial<\/li>\n<li>and much more&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following organizations will also be on hand to share information and answer questions about various veteran services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arkansas Veterans Benefits Administration<\/li>\n<li>Pope County Veteran Services\/Walk of Honor<\/li>\n<li>ATU Student Group ( SMVA)<\/li>\n<li>VA\/Clergy Partnership (VCP)<\/li>\n<li>Disabled American Veterans (DAV)<\/li>\n<li>Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces<\/li>\n<li>ATU Veterans Upward Bound<\/li>\n<li>and more&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those attending will also have a chance to enter in a drawing for a Walk of Honor Tile at Veterans Park ($150 value) in honor their own service or to honor the service of a loved one in the U.S. Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about this event or to ask questions, please contact Luke Heffley at <a href=\"mailto:lheffley@atu.edu\"><strong>lheffley@atu.edu<\/strong><\/a> or call 479-964-0569.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help us salute our nation\u2019s heroes by joining us for a special event hosted by the Ross Pendergraft Library on Thursday, November 9th, in room 300B.\u00a0 This free and open event will feature several special presentations on veteran services, history, memorials, and more.\u00a0 The evening will kick off at 7:00 P.M. with our distinguished guest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":[1],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-2543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library","tag-presentations","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3lPyb-F1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2543"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2556,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions\/2556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}