{"id":3341,"date":"2015-07-04T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=3341"},"modified":"2015-07-04T10:00:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T14:00:36","slug":"happy-birthday-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/happy-birthday-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday America"},"content":{"rendered":"

I took this image of the then Freedom Tower crane right when they started construction. It has become a constant reminder for me of the friends I lost and the families that were touched on September 11. Its a shinning beacon that reflects all those souls that lost their lives that day. <\/p>\n

\"World<\/a>
World Trade Center Crane (previously freedom tower)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every time I speak to a Vet they remind me of one very important lesson that cannot be said enough, Freedom is not free. <\/p>\n

Image captured with Nikon D2x on Lexar Digital film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I took this image of the then Freedom Tower crane right when they started construction. It has become a constant reminder for me of the friends I lost and the families that were touched on September 11. Its a shinning beacon that reflects all those souls that lost their lives that day. Every time I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t