{"id":272,"date":"2011-07-25T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T17:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/72.167.124.155\/tilt-uptoday\/?p=272"},"modified":"2015-06-08T02:52:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T07:52:59","slug":"groundbreaking-missouri-korean-war-veterans-memorial-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/2011\/07\/25\/groundbreaking-missouri-korean-war-veterans-memorial-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking \u2013 Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-273\" title=\"Ground-Breaking-in-the-rain-2_\" src=\"http:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ground-Breaking-in-the-rain-2_-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ground-Breaking-in-the-rain-2_-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ground-Breaking-in-the-rain-2_.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A ceremonial groundbreaking  for the Missouri Korean War Veterans  Memorial was held Friday, August 12 in  Washington Square Park in Kansas  City, Missouri. The memorial, constructed of  Tilt-Up concrete panels,  honors the legacy of Korean War Veterans, present and  past, and over  900 from the State of Missouri who paid the supreme sacrifice  and gave  their lives in defense of South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The well-attended ceremony  commenced just as torrential rains hit  the area and included remarks by the  Director of Parks &amp; Rec., Mark  L. McHenry, members of the Missouri Korean  War Memorial Committee, and  MO veterans from the Korean War proudly in uniform. Thanks were   graciously extended to all the many people who have made donations  including the  TCA and its members Summit Concrete, Needham &amp;  Associates, Meadow Burke,  Innovative Brick Systems and Tincher\u2019s  Welding.<\/p>\n<p>The dedication for the completed memorial is scheduled for Wednesday,   September 28, 3:00pm and will kick of the 2011 TCA Annual Convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A ceremonial groundbreaking for the Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial was held Friday, August 12 in Washington Square Park in Kansas City, Missouri. The memorial, constructed of Tilt-Up concrete panels, honors the legacy of Korean <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/2011\/07\/25\/groundbreaking-missouri-korean-war-veterans-memorial-2\/\" title=\"Groundbreaking \u2013 Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[26,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tca_announcements","8":"tag-architecture","9":"tag-community"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7438,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/7438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}