{"id":323114,"date":"2026-06-29T09:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323114\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T09:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:52:10","slug":"fourth-judicial-circuit-celebrates-americas-250th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323114\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Judicial Circuit celebrates America\u2019s 250th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"h966409-p1\" class=\"permalinkable\">The American flag that was displayed for 13 years on the south facade of the Duval County Courthouse and removed Feb. 4 is preserved and on permanent display inside the courthouse to commemorate the United States\u2019 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h966409-p2\" class=\"permalinkable\">The June 18 dedication ceremony was led by 4th Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Lance Day and 4th Circuit Clerk of Courts Jody Phillips joined by U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean, U.S. Rep John Rutherford, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department representatives and Jacksonville City Council members.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The entrance to the Duval County Courthouse at 501 W. Adams St. Downtown is decorated for America\u2019s 250th anniversary &#13;&#10;July 4.\" class=\"media-element file-default fr-fic fr-dii\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Courthouse_with_Flags_cropped_t850.jpg\" title=\"The entrance to the Duval County Courthouse at 501 W. Adams St. Downtown is decorated for America\u2019s 250th anniversary &#13;&#10;July 4.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The entrance to the Duval County Courthouse at 501 W. Adams St. Downtown is decorated for America\u2019s 250th anniversary July 4.<\/p>\n<p>Special to the Daily Record<\/p>\n<p id=\"h966409-p3\" class=\"permalinkable\">Outside the courthouse, the lawn in front of the entrance is covered with American flags that will remain in place through July 4.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h966409-p4\" class=\"permalinkable\">The original flag above the entrance was replaced with a new 60-foot-wide banner.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The American flag that was displayed for 13 years on the south facade of the Duval County Courthouse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-323114","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\/323114","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=323114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}