{"id":7254,"date":"2025-06-10T17:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/celebrate-the-u-s-armys-250th-birthday-at-the-sc-military-museum\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T17:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:32:17","slug":"celebrate-the-u-s-armys-250th-birthday-at-the-sc-military-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/celebrate-the-u-s-armys-250th-birthday-at-the-sc-military-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the U.S. Army\u2019s 250th Birthday at the SC Military Museum!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"283\"><em data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"87\">Columbia, SC<\/em> &mdash; Come join the celebration as the U.S. Army turns 250! The South Carolina Military Museum is hosting a free, family-friendly <strong data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"232\">Army Field Day<\/strong> this Saturday in honor of this historic milestone.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"577\">Bring the whole family out for a day of exciting, hands-on activities! Kids will have the chance to learn artillery crew drills, take part in drill and ceremony exercises, and enjoy live cannon demonstrations. It&rsquo;s a fun and educational way to experience Army history and traditions up close.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"721\">The event is open to the public and is a great opportunity to connect with members of our military and veteran community here in the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"824\"><strong data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"738\">Location<\/strong>: SC Military Museum, Columbia<br data-start=\"768\" data-end=\"771\" \/><strong data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"782\">Date<\/strong>: This Saturday<br data-start=\"797\" data-end=\"800\" \/><strong data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"816\">Admission<\/strong>: FREE<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"906\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Help us spread the word and make this Army Birthday celebration one to remember!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"906\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><i>Photo courtesy of the SC Military Museum<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia, SC &mdash; Come join the celebration as the U.S. Army turns 250! The South Carolina Military Museum is hosting a free, family-friendly Army Field Day this Saturday in honor of this historic milestone. Bring the whole family out for a day of exciting, hands-on activities! Kids will have the<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/celebrate-the-u-s-armys-250th-birthday-at-the-sc-military-museum\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32,40],"tags":[1080,488],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-7254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events","category-military","tag-army-field-day","tag-celebration"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Army-Museum_2025_630x350-1.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}