{"id":2612,"date":"2019-08-05T23:20:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T23:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2019-08-05T23:23:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T23:23:12","slug":"virginias-57-biennal-district-grand-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/2019\/08\/05\/virginias-57-biennal-district-grand-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia&#8217;s 57 Biennial District Grand Session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Virginia&#8217;s 57 Biennial District Grand Session at \u00a0Hilton Garden Inn Suffolk Riverfront Hotel and Conference Center. Photos of the Opening of the Session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"2613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/2019\/08\/05\/virginias-57-biennal-district-grand-session\/opening-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Opening-1.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Opening 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Opening-1.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Opening-1.jpg?resize=720%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2613\" data-link=\"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/?attachment_id=2613\" class=\"wp-image-2613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Opening-1.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Opening 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Opening-4.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Opening-4.jpg?resize=960%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2616\" data-link=\"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/?attachment_id=2616\" class=\"wp-image-2616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Opening-4.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, 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Photos of the Opening of the Session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8rHzu-G8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1258,"url":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/2018\/08\/05\/district-session-for-district-grand-lodge-7-and-district-grand-household-of-ruth-10-state-of-north-carolina\/","url_meta":{"origin":2612,"position":0},"title":"District Session For District Grand Lodge #7 and District Grand Household of Ruth #10, State of North Carolina","author":"Sis. 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