{"id":1595,"date":"2017-03-15T11:16:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2024-02-13T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:32:31","slug":"bay-pines-va-healthcare-system-host-welcome-home-vietnam-veterans-celebration-lee-county-march-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/bay-pines-va-healthcare-system-host-welcome-home-vietnam-veterans-celebration-lee-county-march-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Pines VA Healthcare System to Host Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Celebration in Lee County on March 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baypines.va.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (VAHCS)<\/span><\/u><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> will host a Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Celebration at the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baypines.va.gov\/BAYPINES\/locations\/Lee_County_VA_Healthcare_Center_Cape_Coral_FL.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Lee County Healthcare Center<\/span><\/u><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> on Friday, March 24, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. \u2013 2:00 p.m.\u00a0 The facility is located at 2489 Diplomat Parkway East, Cape Coral, FL 33909.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The event will take place in the main lobby located on the first floor of the building and will feature distribution of commemorative 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary lapel pins and other items, outreach and Veteran advocacy booths, light food and refreshments, music, decorations, and more. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamwar50th.com\/assets\/1\/7\/Veteran_Lapel_Pin_Fact_Sheet.pdf\"><u>Click here to read more about the commemorative lapel pin.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vietnam Veterans and their loved ones are invited and encouraged to attend. (Note: A flyer for the event is attached to this communication for printing and sharing)<\/p>\n<p>The Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Celebration at the Lee County Healthcare Center is a continuation of several events conducted by the Bay Pines VAHCS to honor Vietnam Veterans as an official commemorative partner of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamwar50th.com\/\"><u>United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration<\/u><\/a> authorized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/110\/plaws\/publ181\/PLAW-110publ181.pdf\"><u>Public Law 110-181<\/u><\/a> and by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vietnamwar50th.com\/assets\/1\/7\/Presidential_Proclamation.pdf\"><u>Presidential Proclamation<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0 Previous events held include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>March 29, 2016<\/strong> \u2013 Commemorative wall display dedication held at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>April 5, 2016<\/strong> \u2013 Vietnam War Commemoration Ceremony held at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center (watch the video at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ofuZrnKX82M\"><u>youtube.com\/watch?v=ofuZrnKX82M<\/u><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 30, 2016<\/strong> \u2013 Lapel pin distribution during the annual Bay Pines VA Memorial Day Ceremony (watch the video at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0YqM-EQVTeY\"><u>youtube.com\/watch?v=0YqM-EQVTeY<\/u><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>September 13, 2016 &#8211; <\/strong>Lapel pin distribution during the Bay Pines POW\/MIA Remembrance Ceremony (watch the video at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9OGLQP7pPq4\"><u>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9OGLQP7pPq4<\/u><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>November 11, 2016 &#8211;<\/strong> Lapel pin distribution during the annual Bay Pines Veterans Day Ceremony (watch the video at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=79IzXeucU60\"><u>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=79IzXeucU60<\/u><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn about future events and more, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baypines.va.gov\/\"><u>www.baypines.va.gov<\/u><\/a> and signup to receive email updates. Veterans, family members and others can also connect with the Bay Pines VAHCS on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VABayPines\"><u>www.facebook.com\/VABayPines<\/u><\/a>, or Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/vabaypines\"><u>www.twitter.com\/vabaypines<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (VAHCS) will host a Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Celebration at the Lee County Healthcare Center on Friday, March 24, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. \u2013 2:00 p.m.\u00a0 The facility is located at 2489 Diplomat Parkway East, Cape Coral, FL 33909. The event will take place in the main lobby located &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/bay-pines-va-healthcare-system-host-welcome-home-vietnam-veterans-celebration-lee-county-march-24\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bay Pines VA Healthcare System to Host Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Celebration in Lee County on March 24<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2172,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions\/2172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}