{"id":255406,"date":"2017-06-30T06:06:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T20:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=255406"},"modified":"2017-06-30T06:06:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T20:06:58","slug":"opening-day-liberation-day-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/opening-day-liberation-day-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Day of Liberation Day Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photos by Kimberly A. Bautista<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-255406 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/opening-day-liberation-day-festival\/1-70\/'>1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-255407'>\n\t\t\t\tActing governor Arnold I. Palacios gives his opening remarks at the grand opening of the 2017 Liberation Day festival last Tuesday at the Garapan Fishing Base. (Photos by Kimberly A. Bautista)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/opening-day-liberation-day-festival\/2-67\/'>2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-255408'>\n\t\t\t\tSaipan Mayor David M. 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