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Clair-Mel City in Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Similar Veterans’ Experiences

Seminole Wars

Hillsborough County Veterans Memorial Park

 
 
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Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 7, 2022
1. Similar Veterans’ Experiences Marker
Inscription.
Both the American soldier and the Seminole warrior experience difficult and dangerous situations during these conflicts.

Casualties for the combatants were most often the results of injury or disease, not combat wounds.
 
Erected by Hillsborough County.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesWars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1817.
 
Location. 27° 58.626′ N, 82° 21.815′ W. Memorial is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It is in Clair-Mel City. It can be reached from U.S. 301 0.2 miles south of East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. The marker stands within Hillsborough County Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3602 N US Highway 301, Tampa FL 33619, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Florida’s 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
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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 walking distance of this marker: Third Seminole War (here, next to this marker); Second Seminole War (here, next to this marker); Veterans of an Earlier Era (a few steps from this marker); Two Peoples, Two Cultures (a few steps from this marker); First Seminole War (a few steps from this marker); Mexican War, 1846-1848 (a few steps from this marker); Spanish-American War (within shouting distance of this marker); Cow Cavalry Monument (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tampa.
 
Also see . . .  The Seminole Wars. Seminole Nation Museum website entry (Submitted on March 19, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.) 
 
Similar Veterans’ Experiences Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 7, 2022
2. Similar Veterans’ Experiences Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 19, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 18, 2026