Esteban Delgado was heading out to fish near the Cape Coral Bridge when he immediately noticed the massive flag was back in the sky.<\/p>\n
“It’s beautiful, it’s gorgeous. Look how big it is,” Delgado said.<\/p>\n
Delgado had been in the same area just days earlier when the flag wasn’t flying.<\/p>\n
“I was here a couple of days ago, and the flag was not up,” Delgado said.<\/p>\n
The towering flagpole along Cape Coral Parkway has become a prominent part of the city’s skyline since it was installed. Its size and cost have also generated debate among residents.<\/p>\n
Tom Sholtis said he was happy to see the flag back, but was surprised it needed to be replaced so soon after it was first raised.<\/p>\n
“I love it. I’m glad that it’s back up. I’m glad that they put it up so quickly,” Sholtis said.<\/p>\n
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For Sholtis, the flag also carries a personal meaning. His son, grandfather and father-in-law all served in the military.<\/p>\n
“Freedom. You know, men and women have died for that flag to be flown, and it means the world to me,” Sholtis said.<\/p>\n
Still, Sholtis questioned why the flag experienced damage so soon.<\/p>\n
“I was shocked. It should not have lasted three weeks for the amount of money,” Sholtis said.<\/p>\n
Sholtis said he hopes any future issues with the flag can be addressed just as quickly. He called getting the replacement installed within about a week “amazing.”<\/p>\n
For Delgado, the flag’s return also gave his Saturday morning fishing spot a patriotic backdrop.<\/p>\n
“I feel blessed now,” Delgado said. “I have America behind me.”<\/p>\n
The replacement flag is now once again visible along Cape Coral Parkway and from the Cape Coral Bridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 The massive 250-foot American flag overlooking the Cape Coral Bridge is flying once…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,325,115],"class_list":["post-360191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-lee","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360191","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=360191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}