{"id":232114,"date":"2026-06-30T20:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232114\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:22:09","slug":"america-250-themed-sculpture-installed-in-clarks-summit-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232114\/","title":{"rendered":"America 250-themed sculpture installed in Clarks Summit park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A new America 250-themed sculpture in a Clarks Summit park was recently dedicated to veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Nichols, a borough native, who now lives in Susquehanna County, created the 8-foot Liberty Bell metal sculpture. Located in Veterans Park, it will display the four branches of the Unites States\u2019 military forces.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Shiffer, an Abington Heights High School masonry teacher, constructed the concrete and steel foundation, along with NOCTI students Jack Neher, Will Horsley, and Ryan Barry. Shiffer Masonry &amp; Construction LLC also donated their equipment, tools, and materials as a celebration of 50 years in business. Additional donations were made by Ayers Supply, Dalton Do It Center, and the Scarantino family.<\/p>\n<p>Monetary donors include: Mike McLane, Quartermaster\/Adjutant with the Clarks Summit VFW Post 7069, $3,500; VFW Ladies Auxiliary, $500; Lackawanna County Arts and Culture Department, $1,000 grant, which was given to all municipalities for a project commemorating the 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture was dedicated at a community event on May 30. Several veterans and Clarks Summit Borough officials were in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; A new America 250-themed sculpture in a Clarks Summit park was recently dedicated to veterans. Scott Nichols,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-232114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}