{"id":8636,"date":"2019-07-03T10:09:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=8636"},"modified":"2019-08-06T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T18:38:52","slug":"independence-day-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=8636","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCRC will be closed on July 4th and 5th in observation of the Independence Day holiday. We will resume normal hours on Monday, July 8th. Thank you, and have a great holiday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Women’s Lacrosse George Mason University vs. Towson 8<\/a>, Broadside Photograph collection, R0135, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Follow Special Collections Research Center on Social Media <\/em>at our Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, and Twitter<\/a> accounts. To search the collections held at Special Collections Research Center, go to our website and browse the finding aids by subject or title. You may also e-mail us at speccoll@gmu.edu<\/a> or call 703-993-2220 if you would like to schedule an appointment, request materials, or if you have questions. Appointments are not necessary to request and view collections.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCRC will be closed on July 4th and 5th in observation of the Independence Day holiday. We will resume normal hours on Monday, July 8th. Thank you, and have a great holiday! Follow Special Collections Research Center on Social Media at our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts. To search the collections held at Special Collections Research Center, go to our website and browse the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101014,"featured_media":8640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gmu-fairfax-campus","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?fit=1102%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ep5i-2fi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5808,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=5808","url_meta":{"origin":8636,"position":0},"title":"Celebrating Hispanic Heritage","author":"admin","date":"October 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hispanic Heritage month begins September 15th and continues until October 15th. 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