{"id":1506,"date":"2001-07-03T16:10:13","date_gmt":"2001-07-03T21:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2015-11-29T16:48:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T21:48:17","slug":"1506","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1506","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Uncle Sams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>These inflatable Uncle Sam&#8217;s\u00a0are a very rare &#8220;triple.&#8221; Driving into Michigan on July 3rd there\u00a0are\u00a0several fireworks stores at Sterns Road (Exit 1) and US-23. The left\u00a0photo was taken at Star Fireworks. they must have great prices since they had a man directing traffic into the parking lot and a huge pile of empty fireworks boxes. Across US-23 on the west side of the road was the All American Fireworks store (center.) The crowd wasn&#8217;t quite as big but they were hustling some pretty good numbers here as well. The\u00a0Uncle Sam stood watch over the entrance. Notice the &#8220;No Smoking&#8221; sign, Duh! The\u00a0Uncle Sam inflatable on the right is the one that caught Deb&#8217;s eye as we were driving up 23. Actually she was looking for a White Castle so we could get a fix, but she spotted this guy up on his platform and decked out for the 4th of July. Quite the find.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1507\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1507\" data-attachment-id=\"1507\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=1507\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa1.jpg?fit=1063%2C740\" data-orig-size=\"1063,740\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC210 Zoom (V03.20)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Michigan Uncle Sam 1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;01usa1 &#8211; DCP00565&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Michigan Uncle Sam 1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa1.jpg?fit=145%2C101\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa1.jpg?fit=494%2C344\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1507\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa1.jpg?resize=300%2C209\" alt=\"sam1\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa1.jpg?resize=300%2C209 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa1.jpg?resize=1024%2C713 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa1.jpg?resize=215%2C150 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa1.jpg?resize=150%2C104 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa1.jpg?w=1063 1063w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michigan Uncle Sam 1<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1508\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1508\" data-attachment-id=\"1508\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=1508\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa2.jpg?fit=826%2C1024\" data-orig-size=\"826,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC210 Zoom (V03.20)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Michigan Uncle Sam 2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;01usa2 &#8211; DCP00566&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Michigan Uncle Sam 2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa2.jpg?fit=145%2C180\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa2.jpg?fit=494%2C612\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1508\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa2.jpg?resize=242%2C300\" alt=\"sam2\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa2.jpg?resize=242%2C300 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa2.jpg?w=826 826w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa2.jpg?resize=121%2C150 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michigan Uncle Sam 2<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1509\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1509\" data-attachment-id=\"1509\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=1509\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa3.jpg?fit=704%2C937\" data-orig-size=\"704,937\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC210 Zoom (V03.20)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Michigan Uncle Sam 3\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;01usa3 &#8211; DCP00567&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Michigan Uncle Sam 3&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa3.jpg?fit=145%2C193\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa3.jpg?fit=494%2C657\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1509\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa3.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"sam3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa3.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa3.jpg?resize=113%2C150 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01usa3.jpg?w=704 704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michigan Uncle Sam 3<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These inflatable Uncle Sam&#8217;s\u00a0are a very rare &#8220;triple.&#8221; Driving into Michigan on July 3rd there\u00a0are\u00a0several fireworks stores at Sterns Road (Exit 1) and US-23. The left\u00a0photo was taken at Star Fireworks. they must have great prices since they had a man directing traffic into the parking lot and a huge \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1506\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1117,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,45,19],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6ZlNF-1506","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1506"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1511,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506\/revisions\/1511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}