{"id":163,"date":"2014-01-17T08:10:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T14:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elylegion.com\/?p=163"},"modified":"2014-01-17T08:10:37","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T14:10:37","slug":"5th-grade-flag-essay-contest-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"5th Grade Flag Essay Contest Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winner of the local American Legion Fifth Grade Flag Essay Contest is Kaitlyn Sellon.\u00a0 Kaitlyn is the daughter of Dustin and Sarah Sellon of Ely and a student at Prairie Creek Elementary School.\u00a0 Kaitlyn wrote an essay about the United States flag that was very original and thought provoking.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the American Legion Fifth Grade Flag Essay Program is to develop a deeper knowledge and appreciation for the United States Flag on the part of elementary-level students.\u00a0 The contest also allows contestants to gain a greater understanding of flag etiquette and respect for the flag.<\/p>\n<p>Kaitlyn&#8217;s essay has been forwarded for district and state level competition.\u00a0 Congratulations and good luck Kaitlyn!<a href=\"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC02238.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-165\" alt=\"DSC02238\" src=\"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC02238.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC02238.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC02238-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/elylegion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC02238-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Post Commander Marv Peters presenting Kaitlyn Sellon with Flag Essay Contest Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winner of the local American Legion Fifth Grade Flag Essay Contest is Kaitlyn Sellon.\u00a0 Kaitlyn is the daughter of Dustin and Sarah Sellon of Ely and a student at Prairie Creek Elementary School.\u00a0 Kaitlyn wrote an essay about the &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/?p=163\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elylegion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}