{"id":725,"date":"2013-04-13T12:08:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T16:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/?page_id=725"},"modified":"2019-02-23T20:36:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T01:36:39","slug":"august-4-1974","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/about\/august-4-1974\/","title":{"rendered":"August 4, 1974"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>August 4, 1974<\/h2>\n<div id=\"amw_galleria_slideshow_1\" class=\"amw-galleria-slideshow\"><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(\"#amw_galleria_slideshow_1\").galleria({\"dataSource\":[{\"image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/baburkard.com\\\/crochet\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/rings1.jpg?fit=525%2C382\",\"big\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/baburkard.com\\\/crochet\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/rings1.jpg?fit=525%2C382\",\"thumb\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/baburkard.com\\\/crochet\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/rings1.jpg?fit=150%2C150\",\"title\":\"Wedding ceremony at Conrad Grebel College chapel\",\"description\":\"Exchanging rings &#8211; Uncle Gerald Schwartzentruber officiated.\"},{\"image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/baburkard.com\\\/crochet\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/done-deed1.jpg?fit=459%2C600\",\"big\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/baburkard.com\\\/crochet\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/done-deed1.jpg?fit=459%2C600\",\"thumb\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/baburkard.com\\\/crochet\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/done-deed1.jpg?fit=150%2C150\",\"title\":\"Service end\",\"description\":\"The deed is done! 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