{"id":14072,"date":"2020-05-09T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/?p=14072"},"modified":"2020-12-03T13:06:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T19:06:26","slug":"graduation-class-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/14072\/graduation-class-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation, Class of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear MMA Class of 2020,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1>It is my distinct honor to congratulate the graduating seniors of Marine Military Academy Class of 2020.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The future success of your generation rests in the hands of young people like yourselves.&nbsp;&nbsp; As graduates of MMA, you have the tools to build a bright future \u2013 one built on the foundation of your strength of character to always do the right thing even when no one is looking; one framed with the courage to make the right choices; and one finely honed finish of commitment towards a greater purpose and passion for life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your future is in your\nhands &#8211; seize this opportunity!\u202f You have shown everyone that the Class of 2020\nis resilient, tough, and courageous.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God Bless you and your\nfamilies and best of luck in all your future endeavors!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MMA Graduation - 2020\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UYjPNCiljHU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Semper Fidelis,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colonel Christopher Dowling, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marine Military Academy&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear MMA Class of 2020,&nbsp; It is my distinct honor to congratulate the graduating seniors of Marine Military Academy Class of 2020.\u202f\u202f&nbsp; The future success of your generation rests in the hands of young people like yourselves.&nbsp;&nbsp; As graduates of MMA, you have the tools to build a bright future \u2013 one built on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14072"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14082,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072\/revisions\/14082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}