{"id":36195,"date":"2025-11-06T19:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/36195\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T19:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:04:12","slug":"floridas-tallest-free-standing-flagpole-coming-to-cape-coral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/36195\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida\u2019s tallest free-standing flagpole coming to Cape Coral?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Coral launches fundraiser to build Florida\u2019s tallest free-standing flagpole<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762455852_191_gcnn.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"Gulf Coast News logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 1:02 PM EST Nov 6, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe City of Cape Coral is launching a fundraiser to build the tallest, free-standing American flagpole in Florida.The &#8220;Raise the Flag&#8221; fundraiser will fund a flag that sits on a 250-foot pole near the Veterans Memorial Monument at Bernice Braden Park to mark the United States&#8217; 250th birthday, which is next year. The goal for the project is to raise $500,000.The idea for the project was brought forward by City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn.Click here to learn more about the project and make a donation.DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.qrco.de\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The City of Cape Coral is launching a fundraiser to build the tallest, free-standing American flagpole in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Raise the Flag&#8221; fundraiser will fund a flag that sits on a 250-foot pole near the Veterans Memorial Monument at Bernice Braden Park to mark the United States&#8217; 250th birthday, which is next year. <\/p>\n<p>The goal for the project is to raise $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>The idea for the project was brought forward by City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/government\/city_government\/city_manager\/office_of_communications\/raise_the_flag_fundraiser.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a> to learn more about the project and make a donation.<\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202f<a target=\"_blank\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/qrco.de\/gcnapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/qrco.de\/gcnapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Gulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the <a target=\"_blank\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/wbbh-ft-myers\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/wbbh-ft-myers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.qrco.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cape Coral launches fundraiser to build Florida\u2019s tallest free-standing flagpole Updated: 1:02 PM EST Nov 6, 2025 Editorial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[25045,1185,209,211,210,2344,104,21535,28,18297,1179,213,5204,197,25043,25044,221],"class_list":["post-36195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-250th-birthday","tag-alert","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-download","tag-entertainment","tag-flag","tag-florida","tag-fundraiser","tag-gulf-coast-news-app","tag-late-news","tag-project","tag-sport","tag-tall-free-standing-flagpole","tag-veterans-memorial-monument","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36195","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=36195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}