{"id":2098,"date":"2023-03-09T01:29:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T01:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aberdeenmuseum.org\/?page_id=2098"},"modified":"2026-02-06T02:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T02:13:18","slug":"baseball-aberdeens-favorite-pastime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aberdeenmuseum.org\/index.php\/baseball-aberdeens-favorite-pastime\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball &#8211; Aberdeen&#8217;s Favorite Pastime"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2098\" class=\"elementor elementor-2098\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-355cf317 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"355cf317\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Happy Birthday, Harford County!<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d061dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d061dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-accent );\">This Year is Harford County&#8217;s 250th Birthday.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbfcdbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cbfcdbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 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