Fort Pierce in St. Lucie County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, November 13, 2021
1. Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s Marker
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 that
“You Shall Not Be Forgotten”
Erected by Florida Department of Highways.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 27° 27.876′ N, 80° 25.292′ W. Memorial is in Fort Pierce, Florida, in St. Lucie County. It can be reached from Interstate 95 2 miles north of Orange Avenue (Florida Route 68), on the right when traveling south. Located at the I-95 south bound Reast Area. Touch for map. Memorial is in
this page online
Regionally, this memorial is on Florida’s Treasure Coast. 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: A different marker also named Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s (approx. 0.3 miles away); Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library (approx. 4.1 miles away); Lincoln Park Academy (approx. 4.8 miles away); a different marker also named Lincoln Park Academy (approx. 4.8 miles away); Zora Neale Hurston House (approx. 4.8 miles away); Zora Neale Hurston Gravesite (approx. 4.9 miles away); Former Chronicle Newspaper Headquarters (approx. 5 miles away); Highwaymen Obelisk (approx. 5.1
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, November 13, 2021
2. Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 214 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 13, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
