{"id":321325,"date":"2026-11-04T23:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/321325\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T23:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:22:44","slug":"bicentennial-tower-to-be-illuminated-green-for-veterans-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/321325\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicentennial Tower to be Illuminated Green for Veterans | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Erie County Veterans Services Office and the Erie-Western PA Port Authority are joining forces to recognize local veterans through the nationwide Green Light for Veterans campaign.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Bicentennial Tower to be Illuminated Green for Veterans - 1\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>As part of the initiative, the Bicentennial Tower will be illuminated in green from November 4 through November 11 as a visible symbol of gratitude and support for the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers are encouraging businesses, organizations, and residents throughout the community to participate by displaying green lights at their own locations. The goal is to create a countywide show of appreciation for veterans while raising awareness of the challenges many service members face after returning to civilian life.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters say the campaign not only honors veterans&#8217; service and sacrifice but also helps spark meaningful conversations about the resources and support available to those who have served.<\/p>\n<p>Community members are invited to join the effort throughout Veterans Week and help make Erie shine green in recognition of the nation&#8217;s veterans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Erie County Veterans Services Office and the Erie-Western PA Port Authority are joining forces to recognize local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[12112,2347,136,142,138,137,130413,2349],"class_list":["post-321325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-bicentennial-tower","tag-community-support","tag-erie","tag-erie-county","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-green-light-for-veterans","tag-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321325","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=321325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}