{"id":45484,"date":"2013-11-09T18:34:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T02:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=45484"},"modified":"2013-11-09T18:36:35","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T02:36:35","slug":"veterans-day-tribute-chase-unveils-new-military-themed-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/11\/09\/veterans-day-tribute-chase-unveils-new-military-themed-mural\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Day tribute: Chase unveils military-themed mural"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lancaster artist and veteran Melinda Vetter-Dorsey designed and painted the mural, which is located on the outside wall of the Chase bank at 805 West Lancaster Boulevard. Vetter-Dorsey said she was assisted by Army veteran Cleo Ware and Air Force veteran Linda Reynolds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A crowd of residents gathered Saturday afternoon to witness the unveiling of a military-themed mural at Chase\u2019s Lancaster branch on The BLVD. The unveiling was timed to honor Veteran\u2019s Day, Chase executives said.<\/p>\n

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Lancaster branch manager Matthew Herbstritt said the mural is a daily reminder of military sacrifice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cTo me it is a tribute to the men and women of the military\u2026 past, present, and future,\u201d said Chase Lancaster branch manager Matthew Herbstritt. \u201cIt is a dedication to the families of our military and it is a daily reminder to all the community of the sacrifices of those men and women of the military and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mural was designed by Lancaster artist and veteran Melinda Vetter-Dorsey<\/strong>. The latex painting on a 46\u2019 x 13\u2019 wall features a soaring eagle, with the image of a MIA POW flag in its eye. Mountains and poppies decorate the foreground and a B-2 aircraft flies overhead. Above the images is the wording: \u201cYour commitment is to our country. Lancaster\u2019s commitment is to you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Several residents, cameras in hand, gathered Saturday to witness the unveiling of the mural.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThese words say it all,\u201d said Chase District Manager Blair Feivou. \u201cChase is very grateful for the tremendous sacrifices our military members and their families have made for our nation\u2026 this mural was painted in their honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Artist and veteran Melinda Vetter-Dorsey said she began working with Chase on the project last November, but the actual mural took about five-weeks in painting time. She was assisted by fellow veterans Cleo Ware<\/strong> (Army) and Linda Reynolds<\/strong> (Air Force).<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is about our veterans, my fellow veterans, and also our men and women who serve every day and sacrifice,\u201d Vetter-Dorsey said. \u201cI\u2019m glad to be able to use my gift to give this gift to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new military-themed mural is located on the outside wall of the Chase bank at 805 West Lancaster Boulevard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 A crowd of residents gathered Saturday afternoon to witness the unveiling of a military-themed mural at Chase\u2019s Lancaster branch on The BLVD. The unveiling was timed to honor Veteran\u2019s Day, Chase executives said. \u201cTo me it is a tribute to the men and women of the military\u2026 past, present, and future,\u201d said Chase […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}