{"id":280575,"date":"2026-05-22T09:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280575\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:09:36","slug":"jacksonville-marks-americas-250th-with-garden-dedication-at-richard-ray-all-american-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280575\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville marks America\u2019s 250th with garden dedication at Richard Ray All American Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County \u2014 Community members gathered this week at Richard Ray All American Park for a garden dedication honoring the country\u2019s history ahead of America\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The dedication was held as part of the A250 Daughters of the American Revolution celebration.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, officials unveiled a commemorative garden and an \u201cAmerica 250\u201d bench. City leaders said the garden is meant to recognize patriotism, remembrance and community pride.<\/p>\n<p>Members of Jacksonville City Council, city staff, residents and community leaders attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>Guests also shared remarks about the importance of the tribute and what it means for the local community as the nation prepares to mark 250 years of independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County \u2014 Community members gathered this week at Richard Ray All American Park for a garden&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-280575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}