{"id":296673,"date":"2026-06-05T02:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296673\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T02:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:28:11","slug":"stars-and-stripes-park-set-to-open-in-port-st-lucie-with-veteran-tributes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296673\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars and Stripes Park set to open in Port St. Lucie with veteran tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A brand-new park is opening in Port St. Lucie, and it&#8217;s designed to be much more than just a place to play.<\/p>\n<p>Located at 12441 Southwest Village Parkway, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofpsl.com\/Government\/Your-City-Government\/Departments\/Parks-Recreation\/Parks\/Stars-Stripes-Park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Stars and Stripes Park<\/a> features themed art, interactive spaces, and tributes to veterans and first responders &#8212; spread across 26 acres.<\/p>\n<p>The grand opening celebration will transform the park into an immersive evening experience featuring a ribbon-cutting ceremony, live music from a DJ, food vendors, family-friendly entertainment, and interactive activities throughout the park\u2019s \u201cCelestial Space.\u201d The celebration will include a robotic dog technology demonstration from the Port St. Lucie Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/florida-news-mothers-mission-to-honor-her-fallen-marine-son-through-service-good-news-military-service-help-assistance-support-operation-iraqi-freedom-on-oct-12-2004-anti-tank-humvee-amazing-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A mother&#8217;s mission to honor her fallen Marine son through service<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CBS12 News spoke with Dan Grosswald, part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mattamyhomes.com\/?country=USA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mattamy Homes<\/a> team, and Scott Samples, the PIO for the city, ahead of the grand opening.<\/p>\n<p>The grand opening is from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A brand-new park is opening in Port St. Lucie, and it&#8217;s designed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-296673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296673","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=296673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}