{"id":18635,"date":"2002-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-02-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2002\/02\/12\/presidents-day-national-holiday-observance-part-2-of-6\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:50:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:50:28","slug":"presidents-day-national-holiday-observance-part-2-of-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2002\/02\/12\/presidents-day-national-holiday-observance-part-2-of-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidents Day national holiday observance &#8211; Part 2 of 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Abe150WEB.jpg\" border=\"2\" align=\"right\"> Since Sept. 11, Americans have seen a resurgence of patriotism. 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