{"id":5494,"date":"2011-12-07T17:55:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T01:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=5494"},"modified":"2011-12-08T13:40:18","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T21:40:18","slug":"veterans-remember-pearl-harbor-with-grove-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2011\/12\/07\/veterans-remember-pearl-harbor-with-grove-of-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans \u201cRemember Pearl Harbor\u201d with Grove of Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LANCASTER<\/strong> \u2013 <\/strong>On the 70th<\/sup> anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack that propelled the United States into World War II, veterans and supporters gathered Wednesday for a remembrance ceremony at the William J. \u201cPete\u201d Knight Veterans Home.<\/p>\n

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Presentation of Colors by Lancaster High School Junior ROTC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMore than 2,000 American citizens were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded…\u201d said Master of Ceremonies, Norman Andrews. \u201cToday, 70 years later, we are still remembering Pearl Harbor.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brief indoor ceremony included the Presentation of Colors by Lancaster High School Junior ROTC, the singing of the National Anthem by Khristy Moser, and a moment of silence to remember the fallen.<\/p>\n

Guest speakers included Brittany Randall from Sen. Sharon Runner\u2019s Office, Assemblyman Steve Knight and Veterans for Trees founder, Richard Sheffield.<\/p>\n

Knight urged the crowd of about 50 to listen and learn from the experiences of our nation\u2019s veterans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always say, if you see a vet, you should thank him, but if you see a World War II vet, you should sit down and talk to him,\u201d said Knight. \u201cBecause they\u2019re going to give you a story that is better than fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sheffield said the goal of Veterans for Trees was to plant one tree for every veteran that has served on the armed forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the actual veteran memorial tree planting process, we believe we are honoring life and creating life at the same time,\u201d said Sheffield.<\/p>\n

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Retired Air Force Veterans Lyle Talbot (right) and David Bates helped plant the Grove of Honor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the conclusion of the ceremony, veterans and supporters headed outdoors to participate in the Grove of Honor.<\/p>\n

Six flowering plum trees were planted, to represent each branch of service, including the National Guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy planting this Grove of Honor, which is a living memorial, we are honoring the service and sacrifice of our veterans, which will hopefully be around for others to enjoy,\u201d said Sheffield.<\/p>\n

Retired Air Force Veterans, Lyle Talbot and David Bates, were two of the veterans who helped plant the Grove of Honor Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my way of saying thank you to all the guys who served, the guys who went through Pearl Harbor,\u201d said Talbot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m representing all my fellow veterans,\u201d said Bates. \u201cI know they all can\u2019t be here, but in spirit they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 On the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack that propelled the United States into World War II, veterans and supporters gathered Wednesday for a remembrance ceremony at the William J. \u201cPete\u201d Knight Veterans Home. \u201cMore than 2,000 American citizens were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded…\u201d said Master of Ceremonies, Norman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5496,"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":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5494"}],"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=5494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}