{"id":282,"date":"2010-07-22T15:51:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T15:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.librairc.net\/wordpress\/?p=282"},"modified":"2010-07-22T15:53:19","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T15:53:19","slug":"wallace-of-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wallace-of-scotland","title":{"rendered":"Wallace Of Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">In memory of an American Patriot, born of Scottish parents, Lt. Colonel George Norrie, \u201cGone But Not Forgotten.\u201d  Lt. Colonel Norrie fought gallantly in World War II, Korea and Viet Nam.  He served in World War II in North Africa and France  with the Seventh Army.  In Germany, after the war, Lt. Colonel Norrie served in the First Infantry Division (Big Red One) and in Viet Nam he was advisor to an ARVN unit.  Information on Lt. Colonel Norrie obtained from his son and my cousin G. Kenneth Norrie, J. D., Attorney-At-Law, State Of Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Dedicated to Sir William Wallace, gallant knight who fought for Scotland\u2019s Independence.  He died before the freedom fighter could enjoy the fruits of his labors. In the late 1860\u2019s a monument was built in his honor that towered 220 feet.  The tower still stands today in Stirling.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Sir William  \t\t\t\tWallace of Elerslie of Scottish patriot fame Dwells o\u2019er the towered shrine which bares his name.<br \/>\nHis monument in Stirling gracefully stands<br \/>\nA reminder of great Scotland\u2019s protector of the lands.<br \/>\nRide gallant chieftain, leader of the clans,<br \/>\nO\u2019er the ramparts of freedom, release the brilliant plans,<br \/>\nOn high in armored plates of battles<br \/>\nRevealing shields of Englishmen, invaders in saddles,<br \/>\nSounding the trumpets of fallen valor enshrined in Scotland\u2019s  \t\t\t\tsoil,<br \/>\nEnriched with noble labor strong with toil<br \/>\nO\u2019er the rain drenched highlands where Wallace fell<br \/>\nBeneath the mountains in the streams and dell<br \/>\nWhich echo Wallace of Scottish patriot fame Who dwells o\u2019er the towered shrine which bares his name.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Sir William Wallace  \t\twas one of my greatest heroes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In memory of an American Patriot, born of Scottish parents, Lt. Colonel George Norrie, \u201cGone But Not Forgotten.\u201d Lt. Colonel Norrie fought gallantly in World War II, Korea and Viet Nam. He served in World War II in North Africa and France with the Seventh Army. In Germany, after the war, Lt. Colonel Norrie served&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairc.net\/scotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}