{"id":48799,"date":"2026-06-21T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=48799"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:45:09","slug":"america-celebrates-its-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/america-celebrates-its-250th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"America celebrates its 250th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grand Opening Ceremony at the Obama Presidential Center\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A87ohdXcJtY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ObamaFoundation\">Obama Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;Streamed live on Jun 18, 2026 Livestream of the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center on June 18, 2026 in Chicago, IL. Featuring speeches from President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and performances by Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Common, Eddie Vedder, Guitars Over Guns, Illinois Army National Color Guard, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Marc Anthony, Stevie Wonder, Tems, The Roots, U2\u2019s Bono and The Edge,. and Uniting Voices Chicago An invocation led by Pastor Joel Hunter and Joshua DuBois. Remarks and special appearances from Marsai Martin, Marty Nesbitt, and Valerie Jarrett.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama Foundation&nbsp;Streamed live on Jun 18, 2026 Livestream of the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center on June 18, 2026 in Chicago, IL. Featuring speeches from President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and performances by Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Common, Eddie Vedder, Guitars Over Guns, Illinois Army National Color&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/america-celebrates-its-250th-birthday\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48801,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48799\/revisions\/48801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}