{"id":61090,"date":"2019-10-04T16:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T20:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=61090"},"modified":"2019-10-04T16:34:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T20:34:16","slug":"brock-celebrates-namesakes-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/10\/brock-celebrates-namesakes-250th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock celebrates namesake&#8217;s 250th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The birthday party of the quarter millennium was celebrated at Brock to honour the University&#8217;s namesake, Maj.-Gen. 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