{"id":3369,"date":"2025-02-11T20:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/?p=3369"},"modified":"2025-02-11T20:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:16:29","slug":"the-hidden-history-of-cape-corals-iwo-jima-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/the-hidden-history-of-cape-corals-iwo-jima-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hidden History of Cape Coral\u2019s Iwo Jima Statue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hidden History of Cape Coral\u2019s Iwo Jima Statue\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SmUL5mHM0Lc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many believe Cape Coral\u2019s Iwo Jima statue is just a replica\u2014but it\u2019s actually one of the originals created by renowned sculptor Felix de Weldon. Commissioned in 1964 by the Rosen brothers, this 20-foot monument was once the centerpiece of The Rose Garden, Cape Coral\u2019s first tourist attraction. Abandoned after the park\u2019s closure in 1970, it fell into disrepair until a local sculptor helped restore it in 1980. Today, it stands as a powerful tribute to the bravery of those who fought for freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many believe Cape Coral\u2019s Iwo Jima statue is just a replica\u2014but it\u2019s actually one of the originals created by renowned sculptor Felix de Weldon. Commissioned in 1964 by the Rosen brothers, this 20-foot monument was once the centerpiece of The Rose Garden, Cape Coral\u2019s first tourist attraction. Abandoned after the park\u2019s closure in 1970, it fell into disrepair until a local sculptor helped restore it in 1980. Today, it stands as a powerful tribute to the bravery of those who fought for freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3371,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369\/revisions\/3371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}