{"id":8090,"date":"2025-05-26T16:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T23:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/?p=8090"},"modified":"2025-05-26T16:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T23:09:07","slug":"memorial-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/26\/memorial-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-memorial-day.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-memorial-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8091\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-memorial-day.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-memorial-day-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-memorial-day-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-memorial-day-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250526-memorial-day-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn&#8217;t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.&#8221; &#8211; Ronald Reagan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Honoring the Fallen<\/h3>\n<p>As we observe Memorial Day, we remember the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives to protect the freedoms we enjoy. Their ultimate act of service is a testament to the enduring spirit of patriotism and courage that defines our nation. From the Revolutionary War to the present day, American heroes have fought and died for our country, leaving behind families, friends, and communities forever changed by their loss.<\/p>\n<p>Let us reverently remember them on this Memorial Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn&#8217;t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8094,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8090\/revisions\/8094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}