{"id":7527,"date":"2023-08-23T07:47:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T11:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=7527"},"modified":"2023-08-23T07:48:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T11:48:39","slug":"twenty-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/twenty-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is a blog version of an earlier Facebook posting<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Found in my files. Twenty years ago last month, a burgeoning fire historian (and future blogger) was feeling his way around this thing called the Wake County Fire Commission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-08-23-artifact.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7528\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-08-23-artifact.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-08-23-artifact.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-08-23-artifact-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-08-23-artifact-730x548.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Ftwenty-years-ago%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"7527\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Twenty Years Ago\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Ftwenty-years-ago%2F&text=Twenty+Years+Ago\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"7527\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Twenty Years Ago\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Ftwenty-years-ago%2F&description=Twenty+Years+Ago\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"7527\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Twenty Years Ago\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a blog version of an earlier Facebook posting. Found in my files. 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