{"id":190441,"date":"2025-03-07T07:26:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T12:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=190441"},"modified":"2025-03-07T07:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T12:26:56","slug":"lee-greenwood-to-perform-in-van-wert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/03\/07\/lee-greenwood-to-perform-in-van-wert\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Greenwood to perform in Van Wert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Greenwood has a career spanning decades and a voice that has defined American patriotism, and he&#8217;s coming to Van Wert this fall, when he performs at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 17.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lee-Greenwood.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190442\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lee Greenwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>His legendary discography includes seven No. 1 hits and 38 singles that made the charts, including songs such as&nbsp;<em>\u201cIt Turns Me Inside Out,\u201d \u201cSomebody\u2019s Gonna Love You,\u201d \u201cGoing, Going, Gone,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>\u201cDixie Road.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;His Grammy Award-winning ballad&nbsp;<em>\u201cI.O.U.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;remains a fan favorite, but it is&nbsp;<em>\u201cGod Bless the U.S.A.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;that has made a lasting impact. The song has landed in the Top 5 on the country charts three separate times and surged to the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 following the events of 9\/11, solidifying its place as one of the most recognizable patriotic anthems in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond his musical achievements, Greenwood is known for his support of the U.S. military and has entertained troops on over 30 USO tours. He has been honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society\u2019s National Patriot\u2019s Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are currently available to Van Wert Live members and they\u2019ll go on sale to the general public starting March 21. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/vanwertlive.com\">vanwertlive.com<\/a> for more information or to buy tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information can be found on the Arts and Entertainment page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information Lee Greenwood has a career spanning decades and a voice that has defined American patriotism, and he&#8217;s coming to Van Wert this fall, when he performs at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 17. His legendary discography includes seven No. 1 hits and 38 singles that made [&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-190441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 10:15:02","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\/190441","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=190441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190443,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190441\/revisions\/190443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}