{"id":1527,"date":"2014-01-21T18:05:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T01:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2014-01-21T18:05:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T01:05:08","slug":"starting-road-with-a-salute-to-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/21\/starting-road-with-a-salute-to-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Road With A Salute To Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 13px;\" title=\"Proud To Be A Partner With Quilted in Honor\" href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/proud-to-be-a-partner-with-quilted-in-honor\/\">Patriotism is important at Road.<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To highlight our involvement with <em>Operation Homefront<\/em> and <em>Quilted in Honor,<\/em> this year&#8217;s show is starting off with a salute to veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please join us on the showroom floor on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday, January 23rd, at 11:40 a.m.,<\/span> for a special presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Colony High School in Ontario, California will start the program with their marching drum corps.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/starting-road-with-a-salute-to-veterans\/attachment\/colony-high-school\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530\" alt=\"Colony High School\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colony-High-School.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Renown quilter (and entertainer) Jerry Granata will be singing the National Anthem.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/meet-jerry-granata-retired-navy-veteran-artist-quilter\/attachment\/exhibits__i4c6098-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-812\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-812\" alt=\"exhibits__i4c6098\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/exhibits__i4c60981.jpg\" width=\"362\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Mayor of Ontario, Mayor Paul Leon, will offer some remarks<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/starting-road-with-a-salute-to-veterans\/attachment\/paul-leon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1529\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1529\" alt=\"Paul Leon\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Leon.jpg\" width=\"314\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Followed by representatives from <em>Operation Homefront \u00a0<\/em>and<em><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/proud-to-be-a-partner-with-quilted-in-honor\/attachment\/veterans\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1137\" alt=\"Veterans\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Veterans.png\" width=\"512\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Island Batik, the leader for the fundraising initiative,\u00a0<em>Quilted in Honor,\u00a0<\/em>of which Road to California is a sponsor.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/proud-to-be-a-partner-with-quilted-in-honor\/attachment\/quilted-in-honor\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1136\" alt=\"Quilted in Honor\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quilted-in-Honor.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Following their remarks, Carolyn Reese will be presenting a specially made quilt to Vietnam Veteran, Ron Baker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A special way to begin Road to California 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And don&#8217;t forget to visit the Special Exhibit, Quilted in Honor, located in the Exhibit Hall. Being featured is a collection from top industry celebrities and quilters donated to support military families and returning veterans. At the exhibit, guests can purchase <strong>limited edition<\/strong> Road to California <strong>Commemorative Tote Bags<\/strong>, \u00a0designed with quilts from the exhibit. The bags cost only\u00a0<strong>$8.95. \u00a0<\/strong>Part of the proceeds from the sale will be donated to <em>Operation Homefront.<\/em> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/starting-road-with-a-salute-to-veterans\/attachment\/limited-tote\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1528\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1528\" alt=\"Limited Tote\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Limited-Tote.jpg\" width=\"489\" height=\"538\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">See you at the show when we pay tribute to our wonderful veterans.<\/p>\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,27,32],"tags":[266,849,852,890,1030,1360,1362],"class_list":["post-1527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-road-2014","category-road-to-california","tag-colony-high-school","tag-ontario-ca","tag-operation-homefront","tag-paul-leon","tag-quilted-in-honor","tag-veterans","tag-vietnam-vet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Limited-Tote.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}