{"id":16793,"date":"2021-11-07T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/?p=16793"},"modified":"2021-10-29T09:38:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T13:38:40","slug":"george-strait-pays-tribute-to-first-responders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2021\/11\/george-strait-pays-tribute-to-first-responders\/","title":{"rendered":"George Strait Pays Tribute To First Responders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Strait released a new song and video called \u201cThe Weight of the Badge\u201d as a tribute to first responders in honour of First Responders Day.<\/p>\n<p>The video focuses on stories and moments with some of our nation\u2019s first responders and their families, giving some insight into what it means to live every day bearing the weight of the badge.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe men and women in this music video are our friends and neighbours who carry the weight of the badge each day. Thank you. We appreciate you and the sacrifices you and your families make.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video made a special premiere on Wednesday, October 27th at the First Responders Children\u2019s Foundation 20th anniversary gala in New York City with many of the first responders featured in the video in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Fans are encouraged to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/theweightofthebadge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheWeightOfTheBadge.com<\/a>, a site inviting people to share their stories and gratitude for the first responders in their lives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oek1V8bvJZI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Strait released a new song and video called \u201cThe Weight of the Badge\u201d as a tribute to first responders in honour of First Responders Day.","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3337],"tags":[6041,3512,6042],"class_list":["post-16793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-first-responders","tag-george-strait","tag-the-weight-of-the-badge"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 10:01:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/chok.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2021\/11\/george-strait-pays-tribute-to-first-responders\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}