{"id":445208,"date":"2026-11-02T16:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/445208\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:20:07","slug":"4th-annual-vetfest-returns-to-corks-and-barrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/445208\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Annual VetFest Returns to Corks and Barrels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">FLeming Island \u2013 VetFest is an annual nonprofit, veteran-centric charitable event dedicated to honoring, supporting, and empowering those who have served our nation. Founded by veterans and continuing to be coordinated by veterans, VetFest is guided by individuals with more than 100 years of combined military service, bringing firsthand experience, understanding, and a deep personal commitment to the veteran community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Their mission is rooted in gratitude and a commitment to ensuring that veterans, service members, and their families have access to meaningful resources, opportunities, and a strong sense of community. Through veteran-focused initiatives, events, outreach, and partnerships, VetFest works to bring people together while shining a light on the sacrifices, service, and contributions of America\u2019s military community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Bourbon, Bands, food and more!!<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Saturday, noon &#8211; 6 pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Corks and Barrels, 1824 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clayvetfest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clayvetfest.com\">www.clayvetfest.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FLeming Island \u2013 VetFest is an annual nonprofit, veteran-centric charitable event dedicated to honoring, supporting, and empowering those&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[79919,173326,18297,116,118,117,6679,6680,28607,173325],"class_list":["post-445208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-bourbon","tag-corks-and-barrels","tag-fundraiser","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-river-city-live","tag-river-city-spotlight","tag-veteran-support","tag-vetfest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}