{"id":119,"date":"2019-05-17T23:11:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T23:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2472armycadets.ca\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2025-06-02T21:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:03:00","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2472armycadets.ca\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"119\" class=\"elementor elementor-119\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c97bec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c97bec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6dd5f7\" data-id=\"c6dd5f7\" 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