{"id":192792,"date":"2026-05-15T00:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192792\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:23:07","slug":"armed-forces-day-luncheon-kicks-off-parade-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192792\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Forces Day Luncheon kicks off parade weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Armed Forces Day Luncheon honoring the nation\u2019s military and veterans, hosted by the NEPA Armed Forces Day Parade Association, was held Thursday at St. Mary\u2019s Center in Scranton. The luncheon serves as a lead-in to the parade, which steps off Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Gino Merli Veterans Center, Penn Avenue and Mulberry Street, and concludes at Lackawanna County Courthouse Square.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Veterans and guests salute the flag during the National Anthem during the Armed Forces Day Parade Luncheon at St. Mary's Center in Scranton Thursday, May 14, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\" width=\"2400\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/STT-L-ARMEDFORCES-0515-02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1801243\" \/>Veterans and guests salute the flag during the National Anthem during the Armed Forces Day Parade Luncheon at St. Mary\u2019s Center in Scranton Thursday, May 14, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Armed Forces Day Luncheon honoring the nation\u2019s military and veterans, hosted by the NEPA Armed Forces Day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,28,178,180,179,289,181],"class_list":["post-192792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}