{"id":329,"date":"2014-05-30T13:56:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T13:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.242.168\/~tryoncon\/?page_id=329"},"modified":"2026-05-30T17:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T17:16:20","slug":"mission-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tryonconcerts.org\/2026\/mission-history","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"329\" class=\"elementor elementor-329\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c4f938 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31c4f938\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32efd838 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32efd838\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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