Near Palm Coast in St. Johns County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 30, 2019
1. Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s Marker
Marker located at the Visitors Rest Stop
of the service and sacrifice of America’s men and women in uniform.
Our Nation’s servicemen and women have fought the forces of tyranny and
won victories for liberty, human dignity, and the ideals of democracy.
We remember, with profound gratitude, those who suffered captivity
and those whose fate remains unknown.
We honor and pay tribute to those valiant families of our servicemen and
women who remain missing – families who have had to suffer not only the
absence of their loved ones, but also the certainty of their fate.
We, the citizens of Florida
commit
"You Shall Not Be Forgotten"
Erected by Florida Department of Highways.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.
Location. 29° 42.919′ N, 81° 20.085′ W. Memorial is near Palm Coast, Florida, in St. Johns County. It can be reached from Interstate 95 at milepost 303, 2.4 miles south of State Road 206, on the right when traveling south. Located at the Visitor Rest Area. Touch for map. Memorial
this page online
Regionally, this memorial is in First Coast and in Greater Jacksonville. It is also in the American South and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Florida’s Adventurous Spirit (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s (approx. one mile away); Florida’s Pioneer Spirit (approx. one mile away); VFW Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Double Bridges and the Old King's Road 1772 (approx. 5.2 miles away); Historical and Archaeological Sites (approx. 5.6 miles away); Colonial Road (approx. 5.6 miles away); The History of Hewitt Sawmill (approx. 5.7 miles away).
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 30, 2019
2. Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 217 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 22, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
