title: Select Value from Dropdown with Apostrophe
body: <p>I'm trying to get the selected value from a dropdown. The value is "St. John's". When using </p>
  
  <pre><code>$('#dropdown').val()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get "St. John" without the apostrophe or the s. I've tried using several suggestions from other pages without success. Any suggestions?</p>