{"id":1165,"date":"2013-05-24T19:37:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T18:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2013-05-27T13:58:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T12:58:54","slug":"promote-hometown-spirit-this-memorial-day-weekend-heckery-dekkery-dot-travel-game-postcards-for-children-says-hip-hip-hooray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Hometown Spirit this Memorial Day Weekend &#8211; Heckery Dekkery Dot Travel Game Postcards for Children says &#8220;Hip Hip Hooray&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Celebrate Hometown Spirit<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>this Memorial Day Weekend!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;I was born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.\u00a0 A move to nearby Burnham followed when I was ten, and I grew up there.\u00a0 I still come back to visit as often as I can and even lived in Lewistown as an adult for several years back in the late 60\u2019s and early 70\u2019s.\u00a0 I &#8220;reckon&#8221;, then, that the Lewistown area is home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some recent photos of Lewistown, Pennsylvania.\u00a0 A stone from the grave of Abraham Lincoln can be seen at the base of the memorial on Monument Square which honors veterans from all wars.\u00a0 The stone is special because it is the only stone ever to have been removed from Lincoln\u2019s tomb.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1020428a-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1167\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?attachment_id=1167\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1020428a-copy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2076,2564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;C-LUX 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1245572377&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"L1020428a copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1020428a-copy-242x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1020428a-copy-829x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1167\" alt=\"L1020428a copy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1020428a-copy-829x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1020428a-copy-829x1024.jpg 829w, https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1020428a-copy-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewistown-Monument-Abraham-Lincoln.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1166\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?attachment_id=1166\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewistown-Monument-Abraham-Lincoln.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"432,324\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;C-LUX 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1307397668&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lewistown Monument Abraham Lincoln\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewistown-Monument-Abraham-Lincoln-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewistown-Monument-Abraham-Lincoln.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1166\" alt=\"Lewistown Monument Abraham Lincoln\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewistown-Monument-Abraham-Lincoln.jpeg\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewistown-Monument-Abraham-Lincoln.jpeg 432w, https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewistown-Monument-Abraham-Lincoln-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn nearby Burnham, Pennsylvania, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 791 is in the process of erecting a memorial to Mifflin County residents who died in Vietnam as well as to all veterans who served there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/lewistownsentinel.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/536155\/Gone--but-not-forgotten.html?nav=5010\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/lewistownsentinel.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/536155\/Gone&#8211;but-not-forgotten.html?nav=5010<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate your hometown spirit\u00a0by sharing your Memorial Day photos with friends and relatives on a postcard from Heckery Dekkery Dot Travel Game Postcards for Children! Or, send one to yourself for your own personal memoirs!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifuwerehere.com\/market_place\/cards\/all\/m90dZ1Qn.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ifuwerehere.com\/market_place\/cards\/all\/m90dZ1Qn.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND <\/strong>from<br \/>\n<em><strong> Heckery Dekkery Dot<br \/>\nTravel Game Postcards for Children<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #006699;\">EVERYONE WINS when children learn more<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #006699;\"> about the world around them!<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ifuwerehere.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>ifuwerehere.com<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate Hometown Spirit this Memorial Day Weekend! &#8220;I was born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.\u00a0 A move to nearby Burnham followed when I was ten, and I grew up there.\u00a0 I still come back to visit as often as I can and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?p=1165\">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":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,12,16,18,22,115,33,81,37,108],"tags":[49,162,54,55,57,62,116,63,87,64,67,68,164],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children-2","category-education","category-family-2","category-fun-2","category-grandparents-family","category-memorial-day","category-postcards","category-real-mail","category-travel-2","category-united-states-of-america","tag-children","tag-education","tag-family","tag-fun","tag-grandparents","tag-parents","tag-picnics","tag-postcards-2","tag-real-mail-2","tag-real-postcards","tag-snail-mail","tag-travel","tag-travel-game"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2aBmz-iN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1181,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions\/1181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}