{"id":9,"date":"2019-01-12T04:53:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T04:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:25:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:25:20","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>The Virginia SAR Welcomes You!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Welcome to the web site of the Virginia Sons of the American Revolution! The Compatriots of the Virginia S.A.R. invites you to join our ranks as we strive to keep patriotism and the memory of our Revolutionary War heritage burning in the hearts and minds of every American, young and old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia is sewn into the very fabric of American history. George Washington, George Mason, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Patrick Henry, and countless other patriots first drew breath on Virginia soil. In many respects, American Independence began with Virginia. It was Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from Virginia, who first proposed on June 7, 1776, that the Continental Congress declare independence from Great Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiasar.org\/\">Virginia Dispatches<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts wp-block-latest-posts__list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/?p=257\">Virginia S.A.R.  is now on YouTube<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We&#8217;re pleased to announce that the Virginia S.A.R. now has it&#8217;s own YouTube channel.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia SAR Welcomes You! Welcome to the web site of the Virginia Sons of the American Revolution! The Compatriots of the Virginia S.A.R. invites you to join our ranks as we strive to keep patriotism and the memory of our Revolutionary War heritage burning in the hearts and minds of every American, young and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Home&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virginia-sar.org\/vassarpress22\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}