{"id":533441,"date":"2026-03-19T20:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/533441\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:36:08","slug":"touch-a-truck-returns-to-clay-county-with-patriotic-celebration-for-countrys-250th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/533441\/","title":{"rendered":"Touch A Truck returns to Clay County with patriotic celebration for country\u2019s 250th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">CLAY COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Touch A Truck: Saluting Those Who Serve, presented by VyStar, returns with a patriotic twist to celebrate the country\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The free event is scheduled Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Clay County Fairgrounds. There will be quiet time until noon, and lights and sirens after that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Attendees can buy food from food trucks, take part in kids\u2019 games and activities, and visit preparedness-resource booths and county service tables. Of course, there will be trucks big and small for children and adults to see up close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The county will hold a special opening ceremony focused on the 250th anniversary from 10 to 11 a.m. That ceremony will include guest speakers and a ceremonial flag folding to retire the large flag in the Cattlemen\u2019s Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Community-nominated Veteran of the Year and Volunteer of the Year awards, presented by VyStar, will be announced during the event. Organizers will also provide information and resources for veterans and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLAY COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Touch A Truck: Saluting Those Who Serve, presented by VyStar, returns with a patriotic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,42699,1075,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-533441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-clay-county","tag-community","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}