World War Memorial - Tampa, FL
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N 27° 56.680 W 082° 30.421
17R E 351740 N 3091987
This beautiful marble memorial is located in the American Legion Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM7D8F
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2009
Views: 5
The 2-acre cemetery was established in the 1920’s. It sits next to the American Legion USS Post No. 5 where a group of people take care of it. There are 700+ men and women buried here. The memorial is located very close to Kennedy Blvd. next to the arch. You do not need to enter the cemetery to see the memorial.
THIS
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
IS REVERENTLY DEDICATED
AS A
ROAD OF REMEMBRANCE
TO THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR LIBERTY
IN THE
WORLD WAR 1917-18
BY THE
PEOPLE OF TAMPA AND
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
THROUGH THE
TAMPA ROTARY CLUB
1921
PETER J. DECKER
JOSEPH H. STRINGFELLOW
EMILIO WHITE
The names on this memorial are...
JAMES ADAMS, DONALD ANSLEY, NORMAN BADGER, REUBEN BAKER, FRED C. BANTA, JOHN D. BARKER, C.W. BATES, CARL C. BELL, GEORGE BERRIMAN, R.G. BERRY, URBAN S. BIRD, ALEX K. BIVENS, ARTHUR A. BIVENS, LEONARD BOZEMAN, W.R. BOZEMAN, ROB L. BRADLEY, JACK I. BRANTLEY, LEO BRAZIL, JOHN F. BRYAN, RAMON CABRERA, H.A. CARMICHAEL, H.B. P. CLAYTON, PERCY F. COX, COKE P. COLEMAN, W.R. CONNELL, CHARLES B. COPP, R.E. CORDOVA, ERIC CULBREATH, J.G. DARNOU, CORA LEE DAVIS, ELDER DAVIS, CECIL EMERSON, PRESTON FIELDS, DEL FINLEY, MAURICE FONSECA, BRITTON FRANCIS, CHAS. E. GALVIN, DOUGLAS GAMMON, JOHN M. GARCIA, DAVID C. GEE, TOD F. GILLETT, MARCELLO GONZALEZ, DONALD GRIFFIN, HENRY C. GRINTON, VINCENZO GUERRIERO, CHESTER HANKS, G.O. HANSEN, F.L. HARVEY, J.W. HATTON, THOMAS H. HILL, WILL HOLLAND, PERCY HURN, EDMUND JOCHUMSEN, FREDDIE JOHNS, ANDREW JONES, A. ST. CLAIR JONES, JACK JONES, J.G. W. KIRKLAND, WILLIE KITTS, LOUIS LEEKE, E.D. LEGREE, ARMANDO LEON, LYTLE LOUDEN, JOSEPH A. LOWE, R. C. LYLES, FRED MANSFIELD, PERCY MANSFIELD, NORMAN E. McLEOD, ANGUS McLEAN, PATRICK McLAUGHLIN, ALLEN L. McMENOMY, C.W. MIDDLETON, SAM MIDDLETON, LORENZO MOODY, JOHN G. NELSON, J.D. NIX, ROBT. L. NORWOOD, MILLARD L. OWENS, A.J. PEDERSON, C.D. PEOPLES, CLARENCE PERKINS, MARIOIN L. PERRITT, LOUIS PUMOREGA, J.F. OUISENBERRY, R.G. ROBERTSON, EMMETT L. SIMMONS, CLARENCE SLATER, NICOLO SPOTO, HOMER SUMNER, WAMBOLDT SUMNER, CYRUS S. TAYLOR, W.S. TAYLOR, STANNLEY TILLIS, LOUIS TORRES, R.M. TOUNSLEY, FRED E. TURNER, LOUIS VAUGHAN, HAROLD D. WALKER, STEPHEN B. WARD, LUTHER WELLS, PATRICK WHITE, LEO F. WIGGINS, CHAS. S. WILSON, N.B. WILSON, HERBERT C. WOOTEN, O.D. YOUNGBLOOD.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1921
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Tampa Rotary Club
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Physical Address of Monument:
3810 West Kennedy Blvd
Tampa, FL USA
33606
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