{"id":727,"date":"2021-11-10T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/magazine-2021\/?p=727"},"modified":"2024-08-13T14:22:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T18:22:53","slug":"hometown-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/magazine-2021\/2021\/11\/hometown-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Hometown Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Raven Saunders, a Burke High School graduate who won the silver medal in shot put at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, paid a visit to 91ÁÔÆæ in August for a photo shoot. While she was on campus, retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. 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