{"id":90029,"date":"2020-05-07T11:14:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=90029"},"modified":"2020-05-15T12:13:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:13:40","slug":"festival-canceled-for-first-time-since-wwii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/festival-canceled-for-first-time-since-wwii\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival canceled for first time since WWII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Allegra Zamore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival takes place each Spring in Winchester, Virginia. Due to COVID-19, this was the first year since WWII that the festival was canceled. That didn&#8217;t stop local community members from celebrating from a distance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Festival Canceled\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/415661663?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Winchester residents paint their property to celebrate Apple Blossom. (Emmy Kappler\/Winchester)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Allegra Zamore Medill Reports The annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival takes place each Spring in Winchester, Virginia. Due to COVID-19, this was the first year since WWII that the festival was canceled. That didn&#8217;t stop local community members from celebrating from a distance. 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