{"id":36865,"date":"2015-10-29T17:38:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T17:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=36865"},"modified":"2015-11-02T19:14:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T19:14:09","slug":"acc-hosts-annual-veterans-day-commemoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/10\/29\/acc-hosts-annual-veterans-day-commemoration\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC hosts annual Veterans Day commemoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Austin Community College District (ACC) invites veterans, their families, and the community to \u201cWe\u2019ve got your six,\u201d a Veterans Day celebration, on Wednesday, November 11, at the ACC Veterans Resource Center at Highland (6101 Airport Blvd.).<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/10\/VRC_FY16_Events_sidebar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36871\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/10\/VRC_FY16_Events_sidebar.jpg\" alt=\"VRC_FY16_Events_sidebar\" width=\"220\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/10\/VRC_FY16_Events_sidebar.jpg 220w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/10\/VRC_FY16_Events_sidebar-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/10\/VRC_FY16_Events_sidebar-92x150.jpg 92w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Texas Sen. Kirk Watson and Rep. Donna Howard will serve as guest\u00a0speakers. Special guests include Richard Overton, the nation\u2019s oldest surviving veteran, Doug O\u2019Connell, chairman of SongwritingWith:Soldiers Inc., and\u00a0Austin\u00a0musician Monte Warden.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans organizations will be available to answer questions and provide information about the programs, services, and benefits available to veterans.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Register\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/events.r20.constantcontact.com\/register\/eventReg?oeidk=a07ebrk9qdq27a6b1eb&amp;oseq=&amp;c=&amp;ch=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here <\/a>to attend.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following the Veterans Resource Center event, ACC also will host a POW\/MIA flag-raising ceremony at Elgin Campus (1501 W. Hwy. 290) with Sen. Watson and U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the college\u2019s military and veterans programs visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/support-and-services\/services-for-students\/military-and-veterans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military &amp; Veterans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Austin Community College District (ACC) invites veterans, their families, and the community to \u201cWe\u2019ve got your six,\u201d a Veterans Day celebration, on Wednesday, November 11, at the ACC Veterans Resource Center at Highland (6101 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/10\/29\/acc-hosts-annual-veterans-day-commemoration\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":36882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11,17,19],"tags":[143,386,573,509,572,574],"class_list":["post-36865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-campus-updates","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-acc-highland","tag-elgin-campus","tag-rep-donna-howard","tag-sen-kirk-watson","tag-veterans-day","tag-veterans-resource-center"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}