{"id":2347,"date":"2012-10-29T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/10\/the-stuff-that-makes-you-proud-to-be-an-american.html"},"modified":"2012-10-29T18:29:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T18:29:00","slug":"the-stuff-that-makes-you-proud-to-be-an-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/10\/the-stuff-that-makes-you-proud-to-be-an-american.html","title":{"rendered":"The stuff that makes you proud to be an American"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Despite the mass scramble from the East Coast, the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/blogs\/ticket\/guards-tomb-unknowns-remain-during-hurricane-165122482--election.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">guards who stand at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier will be staying at their posts<\/a>. \u00a0How absolutely awesome. \u00a0Prayers and thanks to those fabulous men and women who will brave the storm for things that are worth beyond material measure.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-UfQMpO33HvU\/UI8FFXii2VI\/AAAAAAAACRQ\/BQnAqiTTkSA\/s1600\/unknown+soldier+tomb+guard.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-UfQMpO33HvU\/UI8FFXii2VI\/AAAAAAAACRQ\/BQnAqiTTkSA\/s400\/unknown+soldier+tomb+guard.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">A worthwhile image in a cynical and hyper-critical age<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the mass scramble from the East Coast, the guards who stand at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier will be staying at their posts. \u00a0How absolutely awesome. \u00a0Prayers and thanks to those fabulous men and women who will brave the storm for things that are worth beyond material measure. 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