{"id":328634,"date":"2026-07-03T17:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328634\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T17:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:54:16","slug":"floridas-tallest-flagpole-raised-in-cape-coral-park-ahead-of-july-4th-festivities-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328634\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida\u2019s tallest flagpole raised in Cape Coral park ahead of July 4th festivities &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 The tallest Florida flagpole marked a patriotic milestone ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The 250-foot flagpole was raised earlier this week at Bernice Braden Park in Cape Coral.<\/p>\n<p>The flagpole was under construction for weeks to ensure it was ready by Independence Day on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Coral City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn spearheaded the project and raised over $300,000 in donations to cover the costs.<\/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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.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":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 The tallest Florida flagpole marked a patriotic milestone ahead of the Fourth of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-328634","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\/328634","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=328634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}