{"id":6407,"date":"2010-05-26T11:02:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T11:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/archivist\/?p=333"},"modified":"2013-09-16T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T13:50:10","slug":"in-memorium-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2010\/05\/26\/in-memorium-2\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memorium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial Day is just around the corner and many of us are anticipating our day off- sleeping in, grilling out and an afternoon nap. 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