{"id":722,"date":"2018-05-25T13:23:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/connecticut\/?p=722"},"modified":"2022-05-30T08:26:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T08:26:39","slug":"memorial-day-weekend-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/connecticut\/memorial-day-weekend-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day Weekend Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"722\" class=\"elementor elementor-722\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d81ab9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d81ab9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b3ba083\" data-id=\"1b3ba083\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c6ae6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34c6ae6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/connecticut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2018\/09\/MADD_Connecticut_One-Line_Tagline-Lock_GreyRed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"219\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/connecticut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2018\/09\/MADD_Connecticut_One-Line_Tagline-Lock_GreyRed.jpg 451w, https:\/\/madd.org\/connecticut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2018\/09\/MADD_Connecticut_One-Line_Tagline-Lock_GreyRed-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Memorial Day weekend is the beginning of summer when there is typically a rise in all traffic deaths including drunk driving crashes. 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