{"id":160686,"date":"2023-05-25T09:11:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T16:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=160686"},"modified":"2023-05-25T09:11:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T16:11:31","slug":"california-state-parks-offers-free-admission-to-veterans-active-and-reserve-military-on-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=160686","title":{"rendered":"California State Parks Offers Free Admission to Veterans, Active and Reserve Military on Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento, CA…California State Parks is honoring the service of veterans, and active and reserve military members, by offering free admission to 130 participating state park units on Memorial Day \u2013 Monday, May 29, 2023. The list of participating park units can be found at\u00a0parks.ca.gov\/MemorialDay2023.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cState Parks invites these brave people and their families to enjoy the beauty, peace, and rich history of their public lands,\u201d said California State Parks Director Armando Quintero. \u201cThank you for sacrificing so much for your nation, for your families, and for our freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veterans, active duty, and reserve military personnel must show a valid military ID, or proof of discharge\u00a0other than\u00a0dishonorable or bad conduct, to receive free admission.\u00a0AB 150 (Olsen)<\/a>, signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. in 2013, authorized California State Parks to offer veterans, active duty, and reserve military personnel from the United States Armed Forces and the National Guard of any state a reduced or free day use at participating state parks.<\/p>\n

State Parks is reminding the public that there are other free passes available including the California State Park Adventure Pass for California fourth graders and their families. Since the three-year pilot program began in 2021, almost 37,000 fourth graders have signed up for their free Adventure Pass that allows them and their families free access to 19 select state parks. There is still time to sign up. This year\u2019s fourth graders have until Aug. 31, 2023, to enjoy their Adventure Pass. Learn more at\u00a0parks.ca.gov\/AdventurePass<\/a>\u00a0and about other free passes available at\u00a0parks.ca.gov\/OutdoorsForAll.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sacramento, CA…California State Parks is honoring the service of veterans, and active and reserve military members, by offering free admission to 130 participating state park units on Memorial Day \u2013 Monday, May 29, 2023. The list of participating park units can be found at\u00a0parks.ca.gov\/MemorialDay2023. \u201cState Parks invites these brave people and their families to enjoy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-life-style","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/caparklogo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160687,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160686\/revisions\/160687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}