{"id":320895,"date":"2026-06-26T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320895\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:00:07","slug":"freedom-by-the-bay-florida-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320895\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom by the Bay &#8211; Florida Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for Freedom by the Bay, a patriotic community celebration honoring our veterans and celebrating America\u2019s 250th Anniversary on Fort Myers Beach.<\/p>\n<p>The event begins at 4:00 PM with a Veteran Appreciation Ceremony featuring the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office Color Guard presenting the colors. The ceremony will recognize the service and sacrifice of our nation\u2019s veterans and active-duty military.<\/p>\n<p>Following the ceremony, enjoy live music by the No BS Band from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Bayside Veterans Park Concert Series stage.<\/p>\n<p>The evening concludes with the community gathering along Fort Myers Beach for Fireworks Over the Gulf at 9:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom by the Bay is part of the island\u2019s Red, White &amp; Beach Fourth of July celebration, which also includes the Patriotic Parade through downtown Fort Myers Beach at 10:00 AM.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights:<\/p>\n<p>Veteran Appreciation Ceremony<br \/>LCSO Color Guard Presentation of the Colors<br \/>Live Music by No BS Band (5 PM\u20138 PM)<br \/>America\u2019s 250th Anniversary Celebration<br \/>Fireworks Over the Gulf at 9 PM<br \/>Family Friendly<br \/>Free Admission<\/p>\n<p>Presented By:<br \/>What\u2019s Up FMB and the Town of Fort Myers Beach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join us for Freedom by the Bay, a patriotic community celebration honoring our veterans and celebrating America\u2019s 250th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-320895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320895","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=320895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}