{"id":46,"date":"2026-06-26T16:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/?p=46"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:39:36","slug":"hot-dogs-and-heroes-arts-new-twist-on-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/news\/hot-dogs-and-heroes-arts-new-twist-on-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Dogs and Heroes: Art&#8217;s New Twist on History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passersby stop to snap a photo of a Midnight Ride mural over Dewey Square in downtown Boston. Others view famous historical paintings in the Museum of Fine Art \u2014 but there\u2019s something unusual about these artworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A heroic winged woman wearing a Lady Liberty-esque crown is standing alongside a blue horse in the 76-foot tall mural, called \u201cThe Midnight Ride.\u201d The paintings, in the MFA cafeteria, show George Washington clutching a hot dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full story below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script id=\"asp-embed-script\" data-zindex=\"1000000\" type=\"module\" type=\"text\/javascript\"  charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/new.express.adobe.com\/webpage\/static\/embed\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n            <a class=\"asp-embed-link\" href=\"https:\/\/new.express.adobe.com\/webpage\/gSvkZIfo8LQ51\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.express.adobe.com\/webpage\/gSvkZIfo8LQ51\/resources?asset_id=rendition&#038;buster=1782491967524\" alt=\"Hot Dogs and Heroes - Bela Bukaty\" style=\"width:100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passersby stop to snap a photo of a Midnight Ride mural over Dewey Square in downtown Boston. Others view famous historical paintings in the Museum of Fine Art \u2014 but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/eagle-eye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}