{"id":2407,"date":"2009-06-14T14:52:25","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T18:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2009-06-14T14:52:25","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T18:52:25","slug":"flag-day-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/14\/flag-day-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Flag Day 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t think of a better tribute to Old Glory on her 232nd birthday than the incomparable Johnny Cash:<\/p>\n

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Here’s to Old Glory, long may she wave!<\/p>\n

Today is also the 234th birthday of the United States Army.<\/p>\n

God Bless America… Go Army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t think of a better tribute to Old Glory on her 232nd birthday than the incomparable Johnny Cash: Here’s to Old Glory, long may she wave! Today is also the 234th birthday of the United States Army. God Bless America… Go Army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[49,735],"class_list":["post-2407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-culture","category-life","tag-flag-day","tag-u-s-army","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-CP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/14\/flag-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":2407,"position":0},"title":"Flag Day","author":"Jeff","date":"June 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't think of a better tribute to Old Glory and ideals it represents than \"Ragged Old Flag\" by Johnny Cash.","rel":"","context":"In "Culture"","block_context":{"text":"Culture","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2283,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/01\/breaking-military-recruiter-murdered-in-arkansas\/","url_meta":{"origin":2407,"position":1},"title":"Breaking: Military Recruiter Murdered in Arkansas","author":"Jeff","date":"June 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"A gunman opened fire on two soldiers outside an Army Recruiting center in Little Rock Arkansas earlier today. 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