{"id":152864,"date":"2026-02-05T23:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/152864\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T23:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:33:07","slug":"city-dedicates-helicopter-monument-at-sherrill-veterans-memorial-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/152864\/","title":{"rendered":"City Dedicates Helicopter Monument at Sherrill Veterans Memorial Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">CORPUS CHRISTI, TX \u2013 The City of Corpus Christi held a dedication ceremony this morning for a new helicopter monument at Sherrill Veterans Memorial Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The United States Army Bell Huey Helicopter represents the service and sacrifice of the City\u2019s veterans and strengthens Corpus Christi\u2019s connection to its military roots. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The $715,000 project was funded from voter-approved Bond 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The helicopter rests on a 15-foot-high steel pedestal in the park&#8217;s southeast section. A new 8,200-square-foot path of concrete pavers surrounds the monument.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The City worked with Bell Helicopter officials on this project. Nueces County Commissioner Mike Pusley and local businessman Mike Scott were instrumental in bringing the helicopter to Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">For more information, media representatives can contact Bryan Quitania, Senior Public Information Officer, at 361-826-3884 or by email at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corpuschristitx.gov\/news\/posts\/city-dedicates-helicopter-monument-at-sherrill-veterans-memorial-park\/mailto:BryanQ@CorpusChristiTX.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BryanQ@CorpusChristiTX.gov<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-05_memorialparkhelicopter-ribboncutting-mm-179.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of the helicopter monument at Sherrill Veterans Memorial Park\" width=\"765\" height=\"510\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-05_memorialparkhelicopter-ribboncutting-mm-160.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of elected officials dedicating two plaques for the helicopter monument at Sherrill Veterans Memorial Park\" width=\"755\" height=\"503\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, TX \u2013 The City of Corpus Christi held a dedication ceremony this morning for a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-152864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}