{"id":2006,"date":"2009-05-26T20:13:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T01:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2013-06-14T14:43:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T19:43:34","slug":"memorial-day-2009-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=2006","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day 2009 in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the privilege of attending the Memorial Day ceremony at the veterans&#8217; cemetery at Fort Abraham Lincoln yesterday. Here&#8217;s some of what I saw, in case you were unable to be there.<\/p>\n<p><center><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/memorialday2009_40956.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>The sound of Freedom.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/memorialday2009_40974.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>Yes, I had ear plugs. And I was able to avoid being hit by flying brass (visible in this photo).<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/memorialday2009_41045.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>The cannon, she was a harsh mistress. Must be because she&#8217;s French.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/memorialday2009_41069.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"276\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>A drum circle followed the program ceremony, with two honor songs. I was able to shake the hands of most of the drummers and give them my thanks afterward.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/memorialday2009_41095.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>By the time I got back to town, the flags had been raised to full staff at the Memorial Bridge.<br \/>\nCustom calls for them to be raised at noon.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/memorialday2009_41105.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>Flags flew at each of the military stations along the new bridge.<\/center><br \/>\nOnce again, I&#8217;d like to convey my thanks to everyone who serves in our military. I&#8217;d also like to convey those same thanks to anyone whose loved one serves. They sacrifice right along the servicemen and women which comprise our nation&#8217;s forces of freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the privilege of attending the Memorial Day ceremony at the veterans&#8217; cemetery at Fort Abraham Lincoln yesterday. Here&#8217;s some of what I saw, in case you were unable to be there. The sound of Freedom. Yes, I had &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=2006\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","category-in-memoriam","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2007,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006\/revisions\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}