{"id":37206,"date":"2013-10-03T20:54:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=37206"},"modified":"2013-10-03T20:54:15","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:54:15","slug":"railroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/railroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope to make Durand a National Railroad Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/13oct\/durandth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>Diamond District Park<!--more--><br \/>\nSenate resolution 88 was introduced this last week urging congress to adopt House Concurrent Resolution No. 50 which would make Diamond District Park in Durand a National Railroad Memorial.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/13oct\/durand2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cDurand has a long history in the Railroad industry, as a major contributor to building our nation,\u201d said Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge. \u201cHome to three major railroads and one of the largest surviving train station Diamond District Park makes the perfect location for families across Michigan to come and learn more about our states rich history.\u201d<br \/>\nAfter being asked by members of the Durand railroad community to urge congress to recognize the vital role the city has played in our nation\u2019s history, Sen. Jones contacted Congressman Dave Camp on the matter and has been working with his office and local officials.<br \/>\nSenate Resolution 88 is a reflection of the hard work and coordination with others to establish a Durand National Railroad Memorial. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalrailroadmemorial.com\/content\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=section&#038;layout=blog&#038;id=6&#038;Itemid=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.nationalrailroadmemorial.com\/content\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=section&#038;layout=blog&#038;id=6&#038;Itemid=15<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/13oct\/durand.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diamond District Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}