Lee County commissioners are planning to honor Capt. Daniel Eggers is proposing to rename a stretch of Veterans Parkway in Cape Coral.<\/p>\n
Eggers, a Green Beret and Cape Coral native, was killed in Afghanistan in 2004.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Brian Hamman said the idea came from how we honor law enforcement officers who fall in the line of duty.<\/p>\n
“What a great way to honor our veterans, too, especially those who paid the ultimate sacrifice,” said Hamman.<\/p>\n
The proposal to dedicate part of the road to Eggers is set to be made official next week.<\/p>\n
“One of the state representatives, Mike Giallombardo, reached out about honoring Capt. Eggers,” said Hamman. “Since Veterans Parkway is a county road, we’re making it official next week.”<\/p>\n
The county plans to reveal a sign bearing Eggers’ name at the next commission meeting. Veterans believe this tribute carries a deeper meaning.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s a great thing \u2014 a little piece of gratitude from the community to those who gave everything,” said Air Force veteran Gerardo Garcia. “It means a lot, especially for the families.”<\/p>\n
Garcia emphasized that the tribute is about more than just a name.<\/p>\n
“It’s about keeping their stories alive for the next generation,” said Garcia.<\/p>\n
Hamman hopes the dedication will inspire young people.<\/p>\n
“I want every student in JROTC to see that serving your country is noble \u2014 and that our community truly values that service,” said Hamman.<\/p>\n
Garcia shared his feelings about seeing the names of fallen heroes.<\/p>\n
“When I see those names, it’s peace. It’s pride. You just feel it driving by,” said Garcia.<\/p>\n
Commissioners plan to make the designation official next Tuesday in Cape Coral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee County commissioners are planning to honor Capt. Daniel Eggers is proposing to rename a stretch of Veterans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325],"class_list":["post-44488","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-collaborator_gen_stories","tag-lee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44488","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=44488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}