{"id":5681,"date":"2020-05-25T14:36:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T18:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/?p=5681"},"modified":"2020-05-25T14:36:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T18:36:41","slug":"memorial-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/hope\/memorial-day-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6559-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6559-2-450x430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6559-2-450x430.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6559-2-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6559-2-250x239.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6559-2.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>This Memorial Day, I&#8217;m remembering my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USNA.HEROES\/posts\/2547833858765449?__tn__=K-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uncle Richard Walsh<\/a>, an Air Force Colonel who gave his life rescuing a downed pilot during the Vietnam War. I knew him as a fun and energetic uncle who caught me up in his arms when I was a girl. I also remember when he went missing, and I know how our extended family feels his loss to this day. My Aunt Sharon is a hero in her own right for surviving on without him and raising their five kids with heart and grace.<\/p>\n<p>I salute those in the military who have given their lives for our country, and I honor their families, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Memorial Day, I&#8217;m remembering my Uncle Richard Walsh, an Air Force Colonel who gave his life rescuing a downed pilot during the Vietnam War. I knew him as a fun and energetic uncle who caught me up in his arms when I was a girl. I also remember when he went missing, and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[861],"tags":[1069],"class_list":["post-5681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hope","tag-col-richard-a-walsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5681"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5688,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5681\/revisions\/5688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}