{"id":5101,"date":"2023-05-31T16:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/?page_id=5101"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:25:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:25:53","slug":"2023-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/who-is-harrison-h-schmitt\/2023-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Memorial Day, May 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The American Veteran&#8217;s Center\u00a0 held their annual National Memorial Day Parade along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. on Monday, May 29, 2023. The event is described on the Center&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanveteranscenter.org\/avc-events\/parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>website<\/em><\/span><\/a>. The 3 Grand Marshals of the parade were Harrison H. Schmitt (Apollo 17), Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), and Rusty Schweikert (Apollo 9), representing the &#8220;Legacy of Apollo&#8221;. Photos of Jack Schmitt and Charlie Duke riding on the Boeing float are shown below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jack_BoeingFloat01_05-29-23_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jack_BoeingFloat01_05-29-23_sm.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jack_BoeingFloat01_05-29-23_sm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jack_BoeingFloat01_05-29-23_sm-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>The Boeing float with Harrison Schmitt (center) and Charlie Duke (right) at the National Memorial Day Parade, May 29, 2023. (Photo Credit: Mark Usiak).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jack_BoeingFloat02_05-29-23_sm-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jack_BoeingFloat02_05-29-23_sm-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jack_BoeingFloat02_05-29-23_sm-1-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jack_BoeingFloat02_05-29-23_sm-1-108x150.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Another Photo of Jack waving to the crowd. A light sleet\/snow is also falling. (Photo Credit: Mark Usiak).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other photos of the Grand Marshals are also available on the CollectSpace <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectspace.com\/sightings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>website<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Veteran&#8217;s Center\u00a0 held their annual National Memorial Day Parade along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. on Monday, May 29, 2023. The event is described on the Center&#8217;s website. The 3 Grand Marshals of the parade were Harrison H. Schmitt (Apollo 17), Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), and Rusty Schweikert (Apollo 9), representing the &#8220;Legacy &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/who-is-harrison-h-schmitt\/2023-memorial-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2023 Memorial Day, May 29&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9bNBl-1kh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5107,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5101\/revisions\/5107"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}