{"id":179707,"date":"2024-05-24T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T12:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=179707"},"modified":"2024-05-24T07:30:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T12:30:45","slug":"gov-dewine-honors-fallen-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/05\/24\/gov-dewine-honors-fallen-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. DeWine honors fallen soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Governor Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine hosted a wreath-laying ceremony on Thursday to honor Ohio service members who sacrificed their lives while serving their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual ceremony takes place each year ahead of Memorial Day. This year\u2019s event was held at the Veterans Plaza on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a powerful message in the expression, \u2018freedom is not free.\u2019 The families of the fallen \u2013 our Gold Star families \u2013 understand this on a level the rest of us can only imagine,\u201d Governor DeWine said. \u201cThe Ohio military men and women whom we remember and celebrate at this event were sons and daughters, mothers and fathers. They believed in freedom, took an oath to defend it, and gave their lives doing just that. We owe them a debt we can never repay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Wreath-Laying-Event-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179708\"\/><figcaption>A wreath was laid during Thursday&#8217;s solemn event. <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the wreath-laying, a rifle salute was conducted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Honor Guard, \u201cTaps\u201d was played by a bugler from the 122nd Ohio Army National Guard Band, and a flyover was performed by the Ohio Air Force Reserve 445th Airlift Wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMemorial Day is a reminder to us all of the price that has been paid for the freedoms we enjoy. We must never forget the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our great nation, and we honor the family members they left behind,\u201d said Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio Adjutant General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is important on Memorial Day that we take time to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms and to recognize the sacrifices of their families. I\u2019m grateful that the Governor holds this ceremony every year to ensure that we never forget,\u201d said Maj. Gen. (U.S. Army, retired) Deborah Ashenhurst, Director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; Governor Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine hosted a wreath-laying ceremony on Thursday to honor Ohio service members who sacrificed their lives while serving their country. The annual ceremony takes place each year ahead of Memorial Day. This year\u2019s event was held at the Veterans Plaza on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 04:40:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179709,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179707\/revisions\/179709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}