{"id":311,"date":"2013-02-27T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/?p=311"},"modified":"2021-12-10T14:18:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:18:12","slug":"a-decade-it-is-still-a-sad-day-in-the-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/27\/a-decade-it-is-still-a-sad-day-in-the-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"A Decade Later, it is Still a Sad Day in the Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Fred McFeely Rogers, or Mr. Rogers, as he was known in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG-20130226-00589.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-315\" src=\"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG-20130226-00589-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"Known mostly for his sweaters during his life, Mr. Rogers has found his way onto many a t-shirt in death. Photo R Anderson\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG-20130226-00589-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG-20130226-00589-995x1024.jpg 995w, https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG-20130226-00589.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Known mostly for his sweaters during his life, Mr. Rogers has found his way onto many a t-shirt in death.<br \/>Photo R Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From 1966 to 2000 generations of families tuned in each day to watch <em>Mister Rogers&#8217; Neighborhood<\/em> to learn about life, make believe and things in between with Mr. Rogers as their guide.<\/p>\n<p>I was one of those children. From as early as I can recall, and for many years after, <em>Mister Rogers&#8217; Neighborhood<\/em> was as much a part of my daily routine as brushing my teeth.<\/p>\n<p>I would no doubt fail miserably to list everything I learned from the show if I tried. The show in no small way helped shape who I would become.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Fred McFeely Rogers, or Mr. Rogers, as he was known in the neighborhood. From 1966 to 2000 generations of families tuned in each day to watch Mister Rogers&#8217; Neighborhood to learn about life, make believe and things in between with Mr. Rogers as their guide. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/27\/a-decade-it-is-still-a-sad-day-in-the-neighborhood\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Decade Later, it is Still a Sad Day in the Neighborhood<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}