{"id":176534,"date":"2025-03-12T17:10:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/?p=176534"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:03:42","slug":"construction-update-february-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/construction-update-february-20-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Update &#8211; March 12, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The renovation of the African American Civil War Memorial Museum is coming along nicely. 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