{"id":11241,"date":"2024-05-24T16:36:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceworks-old.citizen55.com\/?p=11241"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:02:19","slug":"bethany-village-veterans-honor-flight-dayton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/bethany-village-veterans-honor-flight-dayton\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethany Village Veterans Take a Heartfelt Journey on Honor Flight Dayton"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1148\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240420_111753g-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240420_111753g-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240420_111753g-1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240420_111753g-1-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240420_111753g-1-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240420_111753g-1-1536x882.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>On April 20, 2024, a group of 13 esteemed veterans from our Bethany Village community embarked on an unforgettable journey as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/honorflightdayton.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Honor Flight Dayton<\/a>. This mission, dedicated to taking veterans who served from WWII through the Vietnam Era to visit their memorials, offered a poignant and heartfelt experience for those who served our country with valor.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The trip, originally planned for <a href=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/photos-9-bethany-village-veterans-will-join-next-honor-flight-dayton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last September<\/a>, presented a profound opportunity for these veterans to connect with their past and reflect on their service. Visiting the memorials dedicated to their sacrifices made for many memorable moments&#8230;take a look below.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Upon their return, <a href=\"https:\/\/bethanylutheranvillage.org\/service\/independent-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bethany Village Independent Living<\/a> Life Enrichment staff hosted a Welcome Home reception to celebrate the incredible journey they took alongside the group of veterans:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Tom Angotti<\/li>\r\n<li>Teb Baines<\/li>\r\n<li>Gary Baker<\/li>\r\n<li>Dennis Barber<\/li>\r\n<li>Fred Berta<\/li>\r\n<li>Tom Broadwell<\/li>\r\n<li>Lew Hann<\/li>\r\n<li>John Linville<\/li>\r\n<li>JD Livesay<\/li>\r\n<li>Jerry Swain<\/li>\r\n<li>Donald Weckstein<\/li>\r\n<li>Jack Wilson<\/li>\r\n<li>Fred Witwer<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p>\u201cWe are immensely proud of our veterans and their service to our country,\u201d said Leigh O&#8217;Brien, Life Enrichment Coordinator. \u201cSeeing them have this opportunity to visit the memorials and be celebrated for their sacrifices is truly heartwarming.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We are honored to have such remarkable people living in community at Bethany Village. Their courage, strength, and dedication continue to inspire us all.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" data-id=\"11266\" class=\"wp-image-11266\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TEB-Baines.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TEB-Baines.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TEB-Baines-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TEB-Baines-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TEB-Baines-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TEB-Baines-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" 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This mission, dedicated to taking veterans who served from WWII through the Vietnam Era to visit their memorials, offered a poignant and heartfelt experience for those who served our country with valor. The trip, originally planned for last September, presented a profound opportunity for these veterans to connect with their past and reflect on their service. Visiting the memorials dedicated to their sacrifices made for many memorable moments&#8230;take a look below. Upon their return,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethany","category-graceworks","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11549,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11241\/revisions\/11549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}