{"id":12535,"date":"2011-11-11T13:04:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T18:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=12535"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:31:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:31:44","slug":"owc-remembers-our-veterans-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12535-owc-remembers-our-veterans-2\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC Remembers Our Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/usgovinfo.about.com\/od\/resourcesforveterans\/a\/veteransday.htm\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/globe-salute.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10424 alignright\" title=\"globe-salute\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/globe-salute.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/globe-salute.png 250w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/globe-salute-81x120.png 81w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/globe-salute-219x323.png 219w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/globe-salute-129x190.png 129w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/globe-salute-81x120@2x.png 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Veterans Day is for thanking\u00a0all those\u00a0who have served honorably in the military during times of war and during times of peace.\u00a0We here at the OWC Blog (and, indeed, the entire company) would like to take the opportunity\u00a0to gratefully acknowledge our veterans for serving our country and helping to preserve the freedom we all too often take for granted.<\/p>\n<p>OWC is proud to have several veterans among its ranks and have several whose loved ones have served in the armed forces. The dedication and service to the founding principles of our country is an overwhelming example to all.<\/p>\n<p>All of us here recognize that today\u2019s world would be a different one without the service and sacrifices of all our service men and women. So today we thank <em>all <\/em>of our veterans &#8211; those that served and thankfully are still with us and those that served and offered the ultimate sacrifice. In that same vein, we\u2019d like to recognize one of our local shipping partners, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jafrate.com\">JA Frate,<\/a> for commemorating the recently-fallen heroes of McHenry County, Illinois, with this memorial on one of their trucks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jafrate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12536\" title=\"jafrate\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jafrate-883x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"717\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veterans Day is for thanking\u00a0all those\u00a0who have served honorably in the military during times of war and during times of peace.\u00a0We here at the OWC Blog (and, indeed, the entire company) would like to take the opportunity\u00a0to gratefully acknowledge our veterans for serving our country and helping 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