{"id":992,"date":"2025-05-29T21:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T21:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/?page_id=992"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:38:12","slug":"maryland-federation-ocean-city-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/albums\/maryland-federation-ocean-city-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Federation, Ocean City-May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_974\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.06.MD_.Biennial.01-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-974\" class=\"wp-image-974 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.06.MD_.Biennial.01-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"front canopy over driveway of the Ocean City, MD Aloft Hotel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.06.MD_.Biennial.01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.06.MD_.Biennial.01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.06.MD_.Biennial.01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.06.MD_.Biennial.01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.06.MD_.Biennial.01-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NARFE Maryland Federation met at the Aloft Hotel in Ocean City<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_975\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.01-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-975\" class=\"wp-image-975 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.01-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Man at podium between flag and NARFE PowerPoint slide projected on screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.01-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NARFE Staff Vice President of Policy &amp; Programs John Hatton spoke on historic advocacy successes and emerging threats.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_976\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.02-e1747945550528.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-976\" class=\"wp-image-976 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.02-e1747945550528-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"Black man in white cowboy hat and business suit and white man in blue dress shirt holding coffee mug and coin\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.02-e1747945550528-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.02-e1747945550528-930x1024.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.02-e1747945550528-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.02-e1747945550528-300x330.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.05.MD_.Biennial.02-e1747945550528.jpg 1163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outgoing MD NARFE Federation President Gary Roundtree, Sr, PhD presented Ocean City mug and commemorative coin to Mayor Rick Meehan.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_977\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.07.MD_.Biennial.04-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-977\" class=\"wp-image-977 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.07.MD_.Biennial.04-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"4 people with their right hands raised in front of a conference room\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.07.MD_.Biennial.04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.07.MD_.Biennial.04-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.07.MD_.Biennial.04-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.07.MD_.Biennial.04-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1734\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/05\/2025.05.07.MD_.Biennial.04-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Incoming NARFE Maryland Federation Executive Board taking their oaths. 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