{"id":326639,"date":"2026-07-01T23:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326639\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:31:07","slug":"mia-holds-flag-raising-ceremony-with-local-veterans-to-honor-americas-250th-anniversary-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326639\/","title":{"rendered":"MIA holds flag raising ceremony with local veterans to honor America\u2019s 250th anniversary &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Miami International Airport held a special flag raising ceremony to honor America\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was held in the airport\u2019s central garden on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of the 70 international flags which represent each country the airport serves, local veterans raised 70 United States flags in their place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 150,000 travelers pass through MIA each and every day, and now so many will be able to see this striking tribute to our nation and to the bold enduring spirit of the American flag and all that it symbolizes,\u201d said Miami-Dade Mayor\u00a0Daniella Levine Cava.<\/p>\n<p>These flags will remain on display through the end of July. <\/p>\n<p>Officials also led a dedication ceremony for the Renaissance of Towers, a sculpture that honors those who have served in the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Miami International Airport held a special flag raising ceremony to honor America\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-326639","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\/326639","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=326639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}