{"id":9849,"date":"2014-08-16T00:15:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T04:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=9849"},"modified":"2014-08-16T00:15:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T04:15:23","slug":"the-eagle-has-cracked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/16\/the-eagle-has-cracked\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eagle Has Cracked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RandomThoughts articles sometimes lead to interesting discussions. One recent one led to Danville&#8217;s Masonic Temple building, so I did a little recon work today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you drive by, walk by or think about the Masonic temple building, you&#8217;ll notice that there&#8217;s a majestic stone sculpture of an eagle high above the building&#8217;s entrance.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not so majestic anymore once you take a look at it up close&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/4F5wJwt.jpg?resize=640%2C378\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that&#8217;s a damned shame.<\/p>\n<p>More coming up on SouthsideCentral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/13\/breakdown-danville-school-board-election\/sclogo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,120\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"sclogo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"sclogo\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RandomThoughts articles sometimes lead to interesting discussions. 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