	{"id":112209,"date":"2025-05-02T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=112209"},"modified":"2025-04-30T21:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:24:22","slug":"lest-we-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/lest-we-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Lest we forget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANZAC Day was marked across the region last Friday 25 April, including in the heart of Ballarat at the cenotaph. 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