{"id":7465,"date":"2016-05-17T15:13:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T19:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=7465"},"modified":"2016-05-17T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T19:19:35","slug":"corbin-invites-veterans-to-picnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=7465","title":{"rendered":"Corbin invites veterans to picnic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-503\" src=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/PicnicBasket-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"PicnicBasket\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" \/>State Rep. Becky Corbin (R-155) is inviting\u00a0veterans, active duty personnel, and their family members who live in the 155th House District to attend her fourth annual Armed Forces Day Appreciation Picnic. It will be held Saturday, May 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Alison Pavilion at East Brandywine Community Park, 466 Dilworth Road in East Brandywine Township.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Pennsylvania National Guard Transition Assistance Advisor will be present, as will the Department of Military Affairs\u2019 mobile unit. Attendees can receive free help with issues ranging from military pensions to VA health care benefits, as well as a picnic lunch.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">RSVPs are requested. To register, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yx20.us\/p\/?_2374-18\/21QWMBRBG-2\/_2._ct\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>RepCorbin.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and click the RSVP banner at the top of the page. RSVPs can also be made by calling (610) 524-5595.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSaturday, May 21, is National Armed Forces Day, and what better way to celebrate than by recognizing the service of the women and men who have worked to defend our nation and protect our liberties?\u201d said Corbin.\u00a0 \u201cI hold this picnic each year to say \u2018thank you\u2019 to those who have worn our country\u2019s uniform.\u00a0 They are, without exception, honorable and courageous Americans who have sacrificed to benefit others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 155th District consists of the following municipalities: East Brandywine Township, East Pikeland Township, Phoenixville Borough (part), Spring City Borough, Upper Uwchlan Township, Uwchlan Township, West Brandywine Township, and West Vincent Township.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For more information, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yx20.us\/p\/?_2374-18\/21QWMBRBG-2\/_2._ct\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>RepCorbin.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yx20.us\/p\/?_2374-18\/21QWMBRBG-3\/_3._ct\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Facebook.com\/RepCorbin<\/i><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Rep. Becky Corbin (R-155) is inviting\u00a0veterans, active duty personnel, and their family members who live in the 155th House District to attend her fourth annual Armed Forces Day Appreciation Picnic. It will be held Saturday, May 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Alison Pavilion at East Brandywine Community Park, 466 Dilworth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[1506,848,1638],"class_list":["post-7465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-community","tag-picnic","tag-rep-becky-corbin","tag-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7473,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465\/revisions\/7473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}