{"id":24289,"date":"2017-05-26T14:27:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T21:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24289"},"modified":"2017-05-26T14:27:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T21:27:06","slug":"amazing-memorials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/amazing-memorials\/","title":{"rendered":"AMAZING Memorial Ceremonies in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/memocem.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PALM SPRINGS: 3,000 red and white carnations are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/memorial\/palm-springs.html\">dropped\u00a0from a B-25 Mitchell Bomber<\/a> (right photo)\u00a0in the annual\u00a0Flower Drop Ceremony at Palm Springs Air Museum dedicated to fallen comrades who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. Memorial Day\u00a0is filled with flight exhibitions, Heatwave Band, flying aircraft and\u00a0a Beer Garden.<\/li>\n<li>ALAMEDA | SAN DIEGO | SAN PEDRO: At California ship museums &#8212; USS Hornet (Alameda,) Battleship USS Iowa (San Pedro &#8211; left\u00a0photo,) and USS Midway\u00a0(San Diego) &#8212; history comes to life as visitors explore famous military vessels that have served to protect American citizens. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/memorial\/san-diego.html\">One of the biggest celebrations<\/a> lasts three days with famed Lighthouse band in concert and many events all weekend in San Diego.<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/memorial\/san-francisco.html\">Memorial Day<\/a>\u00a0at the Presidio is\u00a0the largest commemoration event on the West Coast.\u00a0Since\u00a0the\u00a0inception of\u00a0a national observance in 1868 soldiers have participated in ceremonies every year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/memorial-day.html\">Memorial Ceremonies, Parades, Car Shows<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Alhambra<\/li>\n<li>American Canyon<\/li>\n<li>Anaheim<\/li>\n<li>Apple Valley<\/li>\n<li>Benicia<\/li>\n<li>Bonita<\/li>\n<li>Calistoga<\/li>\n<li>Canoga Park<\/li>\n<li>Capistrano Beach<\/li>\n<li>Carmel By the Sea<\/li>\n<li>Cerritos<\/li>\n<li>Chula Vista<\/li>\n<li>Columbia<\/li>\n<li>Coronado<\/li>\n<li>Davis<\/li>\n<li>Del Mar<\/li>\n<li>Dinuba<\/li>\n<li>El Monte<\/li>\n<li>Fair Oaks<\/li>\n<li>Ferndale<\/li>\n<li>Gilroy<\/li>\n<li>Hawaiian Gardens<\/li>\n<li>Hillsborough<\/li>\n<li>Huntington Beach<\/li>\n<li>Irvine<\/li>\n<li>La Jolla<\/li>\n<li>Lakeport<\/li>\n<li>Lakewood<\/li>\n<li>La Palma<\/li>\n<li>Long Beach<\/li>\n<li>Mill Valley<\/li>\n<li>Mission Viejo<\/li>\n<li>Monrovia<\/li>\n<li>Monterey Park<\/li>\n<li>Montrose<\/li>\n<li>Moreno Valley<\/li>\n<li>Newhall<\/li>\n<li>Oakland<\/li>\n<li>Oakley<\/li>\n<li>Ojai<\/li>\n<li>Point Reyes<\/li>\n<li>Redding<\/li>\n<li>Sacramento<\/li>\n<li>San Luis Obispo<\/li>\n<li>Santa Barbara<\/li>\n<li>Solana Beach<\/li>\n<li>Vacaville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALM SPRINGS: 3,000 red and white carnations are dropped\u00a0from a B-25 Mitchell Bomber (right photo)\u00a0in the annual\u00a0Flower Drop Ceremony at Palm Springs Air Museum dedicated to fallen comrades who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. Memorial Day\u00a0is filled with flight exhibitions, Heatwave Band, flying aircraft and\u00a0a Beer Garden. ALAMEDA | SAN DIEGO | SAN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24289"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}