{"id":13826,"date":"2026-04-09T20:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13826"},"modified":"2026-04-09T20:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:44:40","slug":"more-than-just-a-bulb-the-heart-wrenching-reason-your-neighbors-are-switching-to-green-porch-lights-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13826","title":{"rendered":"More Than Just A Bulb, The Heart-Wrenching Reason Your Neighbors Are Switching To Green Porch Lights This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might notice more green porch lights at night\u2014they\u2019re not decorative. They\u2019re a symbol of support for military veterans.<\/p>\n<p>This comes from the <em>Greenlight A Vet<\/em> movement, where people use green lights to say: \u201cWe see you, we appreciate you, you\u2019re not alone.\u201d Green represents hope, renewal, and well-being\u2014important for veterans adjusting to civilian life, often facing challenges like PTSD or reintegration.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple but meaningful gesture: one light that sparks awareness, gratitude, and conversation about supporting those who served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>You might notice more green porch lights at night\u2014they\u2019re not decorative. They\u2019re a symbol of support for military veterans. This comes from the Greenlight A <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13826\" title=\"More Than Just A Bulb, The Heart-Wrenching Reason Your Neighbors Are Switching To Green Porch Lights This Year\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13828,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13826\/revisions\/13828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}