{"id":1097,"date":"2016-09-30T07:05:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T11:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2016-09-30T07:05:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T11:05:27","slug":"september-30-i-cherish-our-national-treasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1097","title":{"rendered":"September 30 \u2013 I cherish our national treasures!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"September 30 \u2013 I cherish our national treasures!\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1097\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/093016_1105_September301.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">There is a lot of conversation taking place these days about how bad things are in the USA.  Anytime we place a majority of our focus on what we don&#8217;t like things can look bleak.  This picture shows the Jefferson Memorial and Reflecting Pool in Washington DC.  I marvel at how different the memorial appears based on the position of the sun and the density of the cloud cover on any given day.  Jefferson was a man committed to change.  He did not want change for the sake of change, he wanted change only if it was a change for the better!  As we move toward Election Day conversation will surely continue about what is not liked about things in our nation.  I ask for some conversation that also highlights what is great about the USA.  Surely part of that greatness is our past and the lessons we can learn from it.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 There is a lot of conversation taking place these days about how bad things are in the USA. Anytime we place a majority of our focus on what we don&#8217;t like things can look bleak. This picture shows the Jefferson Memorial and Reflecting Pool in Washington DC. I marvel at how different the memorial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1097\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">September 30 \u2013 I cherish our national treasures!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1098,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions\/1098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}