{"id":468,"date":"2012-07-06T12:31:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T16:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=468"},"modified":"2012-07-06T12:31:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T16:31:01","slug":"4th-of-july-on-the-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"4th of July on the Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were fortunate enough to be invited to watch the fireworks on the Mall (in Washington, DC) from the rooftop of the Museum of American History.\u00a0 Here are a couple of photos from the evening.<\/p>\n<p>It was definitely an unusual 4th of July for us, as we had just gotten our power back and weren&#8217;t feeling particularly celebratory or festive.\u00a0 Fireworks on the Mall was just the thing to get us in the right mood.\u00a0 And, having just returned from a trip to Beijing and Hong Kong, we are feeling particularly blessed to be living in a country where individual liberties are valued and respected.\u00a0 The United States really is a great country!<\/p>\n<p>Happy 4th of July!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1833.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?attachment_id=470\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1833.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1341436230&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1833\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1833.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1833.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-470\" title=\"IMG_1833\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1833-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"fireworks on the mall\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1833.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1833.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1833.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1832.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"469\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?attachment_id=469\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1832.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1341436206&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1832\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1832.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1832.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-469\" title=\"IMG_1832\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1832-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"firworks on the mall\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1832.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1832.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayliang.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1832.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were fortunate enough to be invited to watch the fireworks on the Mall (in Washington, DC) from the rooftop of the Museum of American History.\u00a0 Here are a couple of photos from the evening. 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