{"id":127210,"date":"2025-08-07T20:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/127210\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:15:09","slug":"community-invited-to-honor-fallen-soldiers-as-part-of-purple-heart-day-ceremony-near-veterans-memorial-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/127210\/","title":{"rendered":"Community invited to honor fallen soldiers as part of Purple Heart Day ceremony near Veterans Memorial Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 Members of the Jacksonville community are invited to honor the brave men and women who were injured or lost their lives while serving in the U.S. military on Thursday near the city\u2019s Veterans Memorial Wall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At 6:30 p.m., the city of Jacksonville will commemorate \u201cPurple Heart Day\u201d with a ceremony featuring comments from Mayor Donna Deegan, a musical tribute from Navy Band Southeast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The event will also feature the annual \u201cPurple Heart Trail Walk,\u201d which is a \u201creflective procession symbolizing unity, remembrance, and resilience.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">&#8220;Residents, veterans, families, and supporters are encouraged to attend and show their gratitude to the recipients of the Purple Heart Medal,&#8221; city officials said in a news release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The ceremony will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 1145 E. Adams St. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Those who need additional information are asked to contact the Military Affairs and Veterans Department at 904-255-5550. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Members of the Jacksonville community are invited to honor the brave men and women who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,1802,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,2512],"class_list":{"0":"post-127210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-military","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa","19":"tag-veterans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114989322926858797","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}