{"id":302960,"date":"2019-07-08T06:06:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T20:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=302960"},"modified":"2019-07-08T06:06:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T20:06:20","slug":"2019-liberation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/2019-liberation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Liberation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photos by MARC A. VENUS<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-302960 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\/2019-liberation-day\/1-122\/'>1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302961'>\n\t\t\t\tThe float entry of the United Filipino Organization during last Thursday\u2019s 2019 Liberation Day Parade made a splash with a scrap car its float. (Photos by MARC A. VENUS)\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\/2019-liberation-day\/2-115\/'>2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302962'>\n\t\t\t\tThe float entry of Herman\u2019s Modern Bakery during last Thursday\u2019s 2019 Liberation Day Parade. \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\/2019-liberation-day\/3-106\/'>3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302963'>\n\t\t\t\tChildren ride the parade train provided by the NMI Museum during last Thursday\u2019s 2019 Liberation Day Parade. \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\/2019-liberation-day\/4-108\/'>4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302964'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the Falun Dafa Marching Band perform in the parade last Thursday. \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\/2019-liberation-day\/5-107\/'>5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302965'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office, together with the NMI Museum\u2019s float entry, is shown here during last Thursday\u2019s 2019 Liberation Day Parade. \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\/2019-liberation-day\/6-91\/'>6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302966'>\n\t\t\t\tA spectator gets water from the Marianas Visitors Authority float during last Thursday\u2019s 2019 Liberation Day Parade.\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\/2019-liberation-day\/7-83\/'>7<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302967'>\n\t\t\t\t2019 Miss Marianas Shannon Sasamoto was also part of the dignitaries who took part on the parade.\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\/2019-liberation-day\/8-71\/'>8<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302968'>\n\t\t\t\tNavy Rear Adm. 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