{"id":80,"date":"2012-07-03T09:06:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T16:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2012-07-03T09:11:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T16:11:28","slug":"why-the-4th-of-july-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"Why the 4th of July matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cowboy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-81\" title=\"cowboy\" src=\"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cowboy-260x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cowboy-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cowboy.png 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s not the fireworks, the pomp and circumstance of the parade; the yells at the rodeo or the band on the grand stand stage.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about an expression of faith in a country that has had its share of black eyes, humbling moments, and absolute greatness.<\/p>\n<p>It is a day of remembrance\u00a0 \u2013 for the soldiers, the cowboys, and the pioneers\u00a0 \u2013 who have given life and limb, staked their last dollar and walked a thousand miles in someone else\u2019s shoes, to make our lives a wondrous adventure.<\/p>\n<p>The 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July is our nation\u2019s birthday. An annual milestone marked by a country founded on hope and faith.\u00a0 We celebrate the day in pride of our nation\u2019s accomplishments and in acknowledgement of its faults.<\/p>\n<p>Because of all these things, we celebrate . . . because it matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Codi Vallery-Mills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not the fireworks, the pomp and circumstance of the parade; the yells at the rodeo or the band on the grand stand stage. It\u2019s about an expression of faith in a country that has had its share of black eyes, humbling moments, and absolute greatness. It is a day of remembrance\u00a0 \u2013 for the [&hellip;]<\/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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-httpsdprairiewriter-compage_id73"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdprairiewriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}