{"id":322934,"date":"2026-05-19T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/322934\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:00:08","slug":"thousand-flags-event-returns-to-the-park-at-riverwalk-for-memorial-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/322934\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousand Flags event returns to the Park at Riverwalk for Memorial Day weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Kern County has a chance to honor those who served our country this weekend as the Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary Club hosts their 12th Annual Thousand Flags event.<\/p>\n<p>The park will be covered with flags to help recognize military members who lost their lives serving the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Flags can be sponsored in honor of current or former military member for a donation of $50 during the event.<\/p>\n<p>The event begins on Saturday, May 23, with a flag raising ceremony at 12 p.m. followed by a concert and barbecue.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, May 24, the club will be hosting a fun run and honor walk at the park beginning at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Finally on Monday, the event will recognize Memorial Day with a flag raising ceremony, playing of the national anthem, and presentations by local veterans&#8217; groups.<\/p>\n<p>Comrades and Canopies will also be parachuting into the event during the program.<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary Club In-coming President Sanda Parnel joined Eyewitness News to share more details about the event.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds raised at the event will benefit local veterans and first responders.<\/p>\n<p>More information can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/bbrc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bbrc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Kern County has a chance to honor those who served our country this weekend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-322934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}