{"id":1294,"date":"2026-06-01T18:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/?page_id=1294"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:26:00","slug":"second-annual-legislative-forum-april-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/albums\/second-annual-legislative-forum-april-15-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Forum-April 15, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1284\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Teresa_Baker-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1284\" class=\"wp-image-1284 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Teresa_Baker-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"woman at podium with NARFE logo banner beside American flag\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Teresa_Baker-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Teresa_Baker-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Teresa_Baker-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Teresa_Baker-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Teresa_Baker-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Teresa_Baker-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chapter President Teresa Baker opened the Second Annual Legislative Forum with members of the Howard County Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1274\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum2-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1274\" class=\"wp-image-1274 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chapter 1734 invited members of the Maryland Delegation from Howard County.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1285\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1285\" class=\"wp-image-1285 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"man at podium with NARFE logo banner beside American flag\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst-582x1024.jpg 582w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst-768x1350.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst-874x1536.jpg 874w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst-1165x2048.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst-300x527.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst-scaled.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chapter Vice President John Van de Vaarst did a magic trick to silence all the phones in the room!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1287\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum3-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1287\" class=\"wp-image-1287 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum3-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"long table with panelists and a podium in front of an audience at round tables\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum3-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum3-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum3-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum3-1536x1090.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum3-2048x1454.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Each legislator talked about their bills and the work of their committee.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1286\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1286\" class=\"wp-image-1286 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum1-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"5 legislators at a long table\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum1-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum1-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum1-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum1-1536x658.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Legislative_Forum1-2048x877.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Howard County delegation talked about the recent 449th session of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1288\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1288\" class=\"wp-image-1288 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst1-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"man at podium with NARFE logo banner beside American flag\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst1-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst1-768x1088.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst1-1084x1536.jpg 1084w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst1-1445x2048.jpg 1445w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst1-300x425.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_John_Van_de_Vaarst1-scaled.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Van de Vaarst introduced all of the legislators and moderated the Q&amp;A.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1289\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Jen_Terrassa-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1289\" class=\"wp-image-1289 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Jen_Terrassa-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"three people and a certificate in front of a flag\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Jen_Terrassa-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Jen_Terrassa-882x1024.jpg 882w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Jen_Terrassa-768x891.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Jen_Terrassa-1323x1536.jpg 1323w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Jen_Terrassa-1765x2048.jpg 1765w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Jen_Terrassa-300x348.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Baker, Del. Jen Terrasa (D-13), Paul Schwartz<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1290\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Terri_Hill-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1290\" class=\"wp-image-1290 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Terri_Hill-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"three people and a certificate in front of a flag\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Terri_Hill-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Terri_Hill-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Terri_Hill-768x1029.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Terri_Hill-1146x1536.jpg 1146w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Terri_Hill-1529x2048.jpg 1529w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Terri_Hill-300x402.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Terri_Hill-scaled.jpg 1911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Baker, Del. Terri L. Hill (D-12), Paul Schwartz<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1291\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Gabe_Moreno-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1291\" class=\"wp-image-1291 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Gabe_Moreno-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"three people and a certificate in front of a flag\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Gabe_Moreno-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Gabe_Moreno-871x1024.jpg 871w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Gabe_Moreno-768x903.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Gabe_Moreno-1306x1536.jpg 1306w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Gabe_Moreno-1741x2048.jpg 1741w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Gabe_Moreno-300x353.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Baker, Del. Gabriel Moreno (D-13), Paul Schwartz<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1292\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Pam_Guzzone-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1292\" class=\"wp-image-1292 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Pam_Guzzone-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"three people and a certificate in front of a flag\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Pam_Guzzone-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Pam_Guzzone-827x1024.jpg 827w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Pam_Guzzone-768x951.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Pam_Guzzone-1241x1536.jpg 1241w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Pam_Guzzone-1654x2048.jpg 1654w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Pam_Guzzone-300x371.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Baker, Del. Pam Lanman Guzzone (D-13), Paul Schwartz<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1293\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Natalie_Ziegler-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1293\" class=\"wp-image-1293 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Natalie_Ziegler-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"three people and a certificate in front of a flag\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Natalie_Ziegler-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Natalie_Ziegler-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Natalie_Ziegler-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Natalie_Ziegler-1162x1536.jpg 1162w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Natalie_Ziegler-1549x2048.jpg 1549w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Natalie_Ziegler-300x397.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Del_Natalie_Ziegler-scaled.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Baker, Del. Natalie Ziegler (D-9A), Paul Schwartz<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1273\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Cake-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1273\" class=\"wp-image-1273 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Cake-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"sheet cake with NARFE Chapter 1734 logo and white icing and red and blue flowers and star sprinkles\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Cake-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Cake-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Cake-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Cake-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/20260415_Cake-2048x1462.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Everyone enjoyed the half-yellow\/half-chocolate sheet cake!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 1734 hosted members of the Maryland General Assembly to speak at our Second Annual Legislative Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1287,"parent":31,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-1294","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1294\/revisions\/1312"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}