{"id":26481,"date":"2015-09-10T16:33:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T20:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26481"},"modified":"2015-09-10T16:33:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T20:33:53","slug":"fourteen-years-ago-this-was-the-night-before-our-lives-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26481","title":{"rendered":"Fourteen Years Ago This Was The Night Before Our Lives Changed Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the anniversary of September 11, 2001, I wanted to remember that day with something positive. There was a time in 2006 when <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20(United%20States)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">America<\/a> and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Russia\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=55.75,37.6166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=55.75,37.6166666667%20(Russia)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Russia<\/a> were at least acting like friends. The story below reflects that time.<\/p>\n<h1>Remembering 911<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaaasespt11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaaasespt11.png\" alt=\"aaaaasespt11\" width=\"184\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>This is a picture of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"To the Struggle Against World Terrorism\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.6636944444,-74.0690833333&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=40.6636944444,-74.0690833333 (To%20the%20Struggle%20Against%20World%20Terrorism)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Teardrop Memorial<\/a>, Russia\u2019s gift to the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">United States<\/a> in memory of 911. The <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Monument\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">monument<\/a> To the Struggle Against World Terrorism was dedicated on September 11, 2006, by <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Bill Clinton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clintonlibrary.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">President Clinton<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 It is located in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Bayonne, New Jersey\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.662411,-74.110228&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=40.662411,-74.110228 (Bayonne%2C%20New%20Jersey)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Bayonne, New Jersey<\/a>, at a place where the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"World Trade Center\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.7116666667,-74.0125&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=40.7116666667,-74.0125 (World%20Trade%20Center)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">twin towers<\/a> were visible.\u00a0\u00a0 To read the entire story of the monument and how it came to rest there, please follow the link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.911monument.com\/history.cfm\">911monument.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The website tells the story of what inspired the monument and how it came to be. This is another picture of the monument.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I stumbled on this monument in an article at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/2009\/09\/a_beau_geste_the_911_tear_drop.html\">American Thinker.<\/a> I visited the monument a few years ago. It is a sobering sight. You stand at the foot of the monument and look across the river at <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Lower Manhattan\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.7078,-74.0119&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=40.7078,-74.0119 (Lower%20Manhattan)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">lower Manhattan<\/a> to where the twin towers once stood.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bayonne11_fs.jpg\" alt=\"911 Monument Dedication Ceremony, Sept. 11, 2006\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the anniversary of September 11, 2001, I wanted to remember that day with something positive. There was a time in 2006 when America and Russia were at least acting like friends. The story below reflects that time. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26481\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9399,467,9400,1083,4289,3929],"class_list":["post-26481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bayonne","tag-new-jersey","tag-president-clinton","tag-russia","tag-september-11","tag-teardrop-memorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26486,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26481\/revisions\/26486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}