{"id":6615,"date":"2021-07-13T12:23:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/?p=6615"},"modified":"2021-09-09T10:58:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:58:03","slug":"christmas-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/2021\/07\/13\/christmas-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in July!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"yiv3396233069\">\n<div class=\"yiv3396233069\">\n<div class=\"yiv3396233069\">\n<div class=\"yiv3396233069\">\n<div id=\"yiv3396233069\" class=\"yiv3396233069\">\n<div class=\"yiv3396233069\">\n<div class=\"yiv3396233069MsoNormal\"><strong>CHRISTMAS IN JULY!\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0Assistance League of Northern Virginia is again selling the White House Ornaments designed each year by the White House Historical Association.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv3396233069MsoNormal\">President\u00a0<b class=\"yiv3396233069\">Lyndon B. Johnson,<\/b>\u00a0the 36th President of the United States, is highlighted on the 2021 Christmas Ornament.\u00a0 One side of the ornament features a painting of the 1967 Blue Room Christmas tree designed by Robert H. Lacessig, a designer for American Greeting cards.\u00a0 The opposite side of the ornament contains a quote from President Johnson. \u201c<b class=\"yiv3396233069\">Our mission is at once the oldest and most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice and to serve man<\/b>.\u201d These words were spoken by the President calling on legislators to support a bill that would protect the right to vote and outlaw discriminatory measures that prevented African Americans from voting. The Texas bluebonnets encircling the quote are inspired by Lady Bird Johnson\u2019s beautification program on the White House grounds and throughout Washington, DC.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv3396233069MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv3396233069\"><span class=\"yiv3396233069\">Proceeds support our community-based programs, which transform the lives of children.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv3396233069MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv3396233069\" style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>Cost per ornament: $22 includes tax; plus shipping for out of area purchases<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv3396233069MsoNormal\">For information on purchasing and payment options, visit:\u00a0 <strong><a class=\"yiv3396233069\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alnv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.alnv.org<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 or contact:<strong><a class=\"yiv3396233069\" href=\"mailto:ornaments@alnv.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ornaments@alnv.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>View our Flyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/10\/20210710-WH-Ornament-Flyer-July2021.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHRISTMAS IN JULY!\u00a0 \u00a0Assistance League of Northern Virginia is again selling the White House Ornaments designed each year by the White House Historical Association. President\u00a0Lyndon B. Johnson,\u00a0the 36th President of the United States, is highlighted on the 2021 Christmas Ornament.\u00a0 One side of the ornament features a painting of the 1967 Blue Room Christmas tree [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30358,"featured_media":6613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6615"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6619,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6615\/revisions\/6619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}