Near Ocala in Marion County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 16, 2021

1. Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s Marker

Inscription.
The light of freedom still burns brightly in our world today because 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 uncertainty 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. 29° 5.754′ N, 82° 11.164′ W. Memorial is near Ocala, Florida, in Marion County. It can be reached from Interstate 75 at milepost 346, 2 miles south of Southwest College Road (Florida Route 200), on the right when traveling south. The marker hangs at the Marion County Rest Area traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Ocala FL 34474, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South.

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

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6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Landbridge East (approx. 3.1 miles away); Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway (approx. 3.2 miles away); Landbridge West (approx. 3.2 miles away); Old Canal Landfill (approx. 3.8 miles away); Brick City Fever (approx. 3.8 miles away); Shangri-La Diggings (approx. 5.1 miles away); The Canal Story (approx. 5.8 miles away); Canal Building (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ocala.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 13 times this year. Last updated on December 6, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photo 1. submitted on June 17, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.