{"id":332316,"date":"2026-05-26T01:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/332316\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T01:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:45:09","slug":"rotary-club-closes-12th-annual-memorial-day-flag-display-at-bakersfield-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/332316\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary Club closes 12th annual Memorial Day flag display at Bakersfield park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 One thousand American flags filled the Park at River Walk in Bakersfield this Memorial Day weekend, marking the 12th annual display hosted by the Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary Club.<\/p>\n<p>The display honors military members who made the ultimate sacrifice. Closing ceremonies were held today, featuring a parachute jump by veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers also presented checks to local veteran groups during the event. People who sponsored a flag took them home this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Money raised from the event goes back to local veterans and first responders.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 One thousand American flags filled the Park at River Walk in Bakersfield this Memorial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":["post-332316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332316","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=332316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}