{"id":326222,"date":"2026-07-01T17:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326222\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:53:08","slug":"mia-honors-military-service-members-unveils-new-sculpture-ahead-of-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326222\/","title":{"rendered":"MIA honors military service members, unveils new sculpture ahead of Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0July 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM<\/p>\n<p>Miami International Airport marked the upcoming Independence Day holiday Wednesday with a patriotic ceremony honoring military service members and celebrating the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Miami International Airport marked the upcoming Independence Day holiday Wednesday with a patriotic ceremony honoring military service members and celebrating the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The event began with 70 service members raising 70 American flags across the airport, symbolizing freedom and commemorating 250 years of American pride, sacrifice and resilience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the display serves as a visible tribute for the millions of travelers who pass through the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI am so proud that during this month of our America semi-quincentennial, all 70 flagpoles, all 70 here at MIA, will have our nation\u2019s flag flying proudly for all of our visitors to see,\u201d Levine Cava said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As part of the celebration, airport officials also unveiled the \u201cRenaissance of Towers,\u201d a 20-foot-tall, three-ton stainless steel sculpture installed at MIA\u2019s Central Boulevard entrance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The new monument is intended to serve as a landmark welcoming travelers while commemorating the nation\u2019s milestone anniversary and honoring those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The ceremony comes just days before Independence Day, as airports across the country prepare for one of the busiest travel periods of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Linnie Supall\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/CANLLYSXDJBXDMDOXMBEIDTX.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Linnie Supall<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Linnie Supall is an Emmy nominated and award-winning journalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0July 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM Miami International Airport marked the upcoming Independence Day holiday Wednesday with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-326222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326222","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=326222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}