{"id":1968,"date":"2026-05-30T15:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:56:40","slug":"halifax-resolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/?p=1968","title":{"rendered":"Halifax Resolves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"1984\" src=\"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/halifax-resolves-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Halifax Resolves Renenactment 2026\" class=\"wp-image-1984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/halifax-resolves-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/halifax-resolves-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/halifax-resolves-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/halifax-resolves-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/halifax-resolves.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 11, 2026 we went to Halifax, NC to celebrate the signing of the Halifax Resolves, the first official action by an entire colony calling for independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the Declaration of Independence just three months later. We are so thankful for the Freedom we have in our country, and it was special to celebrate the birth of our Nation with the grandkids. The re-enactor in the kitchen was very knowledgeable about colonial cooking, gardening, and native flowers. The re-enactors provide demonstrations during the summer on weekends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How are you planning to celebrate the 250th this year? If you are in NC, check out the events for the celebration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.america250.nc.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.america250.nc.gov\/<\/a>Our family will be on a bus tour studying the theology that shaped the founding of our nation in May of this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 11, 2026 we went to Halifax, NC to celebrate the signing of the Halifax Resolves, the first official action by an entire colony calling for independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the Declaration of Independence just three months later. We are so thankful for the Freedom we have in our country, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[21,20],"class_list":["post-1968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-250th","category-uncategorized","tag-america-250th","tag-halifax-resolves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1986,"href":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions\/1986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandmasflowerstand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}