{"id":8662,"date":"2011-09-15T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=8662"},"modified":"2011-10-28T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T19:54:07","slug":"veterans-war-memorial-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/15\/veterans-war-memorial-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans War Memorial Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While waiting to meet my friend Heather at the Zoo, I walked over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/park-and-recreation\/parks\/balboa\/warmemorial.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans War Memorial Building<\/a> adjacent to the Zoo parking lot. I&#8217;d seen it many times but never went inside. I was actually surprised to find it open since it seemed like no one was there. Heard a couple of people talking inside one of the offices but nobody every came out to greet me. Took some pictures of a couple of cool World War I window displays with uniforms, accessories and medals but otherwise I think it&#8217;s more of a meeting place for veterans. They did have a good sized auditorium with a stage. Didn&#8217;t stay very long. As I was leaving there were a couple of cop cars detaining and questioning a older, transient in a wheelchair. Hope he wasn&#8217;t a veteran looking for help.<\/p>\n<p>( m e m o r i a l \u00a0 p i c s )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While waiting to meet my friend Heather at the Zoo, I walked over to the Veterans War Memorial Building adjacent to the Zoo parking lot. I&#8217;d seen it many times but never went inside. I was actually surprised to find it open since it seemed like no one was there. Heard a couple of people &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/15\/veterans-war-memorial-building\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[180,26],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-2fI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8671,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/17\/veterans-museum-and-memorial-center\/","url_meta":{"origin":8662,"position":0},"title":"Veterans Museum and Memorial Center","date":"September 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Followed up my Plaza de Panama Project tour by visiting the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, also in Balboa Park. They were getting ready for an afternoon function and told me I have about half an hour to walk around and check out the displays. Got taken on a personal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Balboa Park&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8675,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/17\/back-at-the-zoo\/","url_meta":{"origin":8662,"position":1},"title":"Back At The Zoo","date":"September 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"After both the Plaza de Panama Project tour and the Veterans Museum, I walked over to spend about an hour at the San Diego Zoo. After taking pictures of stilt walkers, I sat down at the orangutans and siamangs, but started focusing more on the human couples that came through.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Zoo01-09-17-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13441,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/11\/10\/veterans-day-salute\/","url_meta":{"origin":8662,"position":2},"title":"Veterans Day Salute","date":"November 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Just like last year, I was lucky enough to capture the San Diego Salute flying formation team as they did their\u00a0annual\u00a0Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial ceremony fly-over in their Beechcraft T-34s. 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