{"id":301993,"date":"2026-06-10T00:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/301993\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:39:08","slug":"jacksonville-to-host-concert-celebrating-americas-250th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/301993\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville to host concert celebrating America\u2019s 250th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">The above video is our WITN+ livestream and may not reflect the content in this story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) &#8211; The sounds of military tradition and patriotic pride will fill the air this weekend as one ENC town is set to host a community concert celebrating the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Stars, Stripes, and Sounds will take place on June 14 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Jacksonville Commons Festival Grounds and feature a rare collaborative performance between the active-duty 2nd Marine Division Band and the Band of America\u2019s Few, a nonprofit ensemble composed of veteran U.S. Marine Corps musicians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The program will include the premiere of a newly commissioned piece, \u201cHome of the Brave,\u201d and conclude with John Philip Sousa\u2019s iconic march, \u201cThe Stars and Stripes Forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy food trucks and America 250-themed vendors throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mark Pellon, Music Director of the 2nd Marine Division Band, joined ENC at Three to share more about the event. For the full interview, see the video link above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Pellon says with current forecasts, there is a potential for the concert to be moved to the River of Life Church in Jacksonville. For more information on the event and location, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitjacksonvillenc.com\/246\/Stars-Stripes-Sound-Celebrating-250-Year\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.visitjacksonvillenc.com\/246\/Stars-Stripes-Sound-Celebrating-250-Year\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WITN. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The above video is our WITN+ livestream and may not reflect the content in this story. JACKSONVILLE, N.C.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[67727,3017,52302,126725,57493,9236,90385,126728,116,126727,118,126726,117,2583,20948,126724,105027],"class_list":["post-301993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-250th","tag-america","tag-america-250","tag-and-sounds","tag-anniversary","tag-concert","tag-enc","tag-enc-at-three","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-commons-festival-grounds","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-military","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-military","tag-stars","tag-stars-stripes-and-sounds","tag-stripes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301993","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=301993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}