Tierra Verde in Pinellas County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Spanish American War Memorial
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, February 4, 2015
1. Spanish American War Memorial
This park is gratefully dedicated
in memory of the
American Patriots
who served their country during the
Spanish American War
1898
Erected 1963.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Spanish-American.
Location. 27° 36.933′ N, 82° 44.14′ W. Memorial is in Tierra Verde, Florida, in Pinellas County. It can be reached from Anderson Boulevard (State Highway 679) 1½ miles west of Pinellas Bayway South, on the left when traveling west. Memorial is located within Fort De Soto Park, just north of the Gulf Fishing Pier parking lot. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3500 Pinellas Bayway South, Saint Petersburg FL 33715, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is on Florida’s Gulf Coast and on Tampa Bay. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort De Soto Batteries and Military Post (here, next to this marker); 12-inch Seacoast Mortar: Model 1890-M1 (within shouting distance of this marker); Spanish-American War Cannons from Egmont Key (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort De Soto Quartermaster Storehouse Museum (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fort Dade Mine Wharf (approx. 1.8 miles away); Fog Bell (approx. 1.8 miles away); Mine Casemate (approx. 1.8 miles away); Cable Tank and Mine Storehouse (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tierra Verde.
Also see . . . Fort De Soto, Florida. Fort De Soto was a coastal defense post on Mullet Key in Tampa Bay, Florida built during the Spanish-American War. (Submitted on April 8, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, February 4, 2015
2. Spanish American War Memorial (marker visible a base of flag pole)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 9, 2019. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 410 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 8, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
