{"id":1294,"date":"2026-07-22T17:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/salisbury-new\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1294"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:23:50","slug":"mark-schneider","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/salisbury\/event\/mark-schneider\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Schneider"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<h2 class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tApril 16\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t6:30 pm\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t9:00 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__timezone\">UTC+0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you ever think how much we owe France for our independence? 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