{"id":35261,"date":"2015-07-03T09:05:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T16:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=35261"},"modified":"2025-07-23T07:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:33:21","slug":"happy-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/happy-4th-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 4th of July!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Happy 4th of July from Backblaze\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-mvEiHKDFnM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Happy July 4<sup>th<\/sup> to everyone in the USA. Backblaze is celebrating the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July with a blaze of our own! 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