Ridge Manor in Hernando County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Florida Honors and Remembers our POWs and MIAs

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

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 (sic) commit that
"You Shall Not Be Forgotten"

Erected by Florida Department of Transportation.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 28° 35.052′ N, 82° 12.74′ W. Memorial is in Ridge Manor, Florida, in Hernando County. It can be reached from Interstate 75 at milepost 307, 8.9 miles north of Cortez Blvd (U.S. 98), on the left when traveling north. The marker is located within the Hernando County

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northbound Visitors Rest Area. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Bushnell FL 33513, 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, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wild Cow Prairie Cemetery (approx. 1.4 miles away); 8th Air Force (approx. 1.4 miles away); Flame Of Freedom (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Military Chaplains Association (approx. 1.4 miles away); National Sojourners Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Gone But Not Forgotten (approx. 1.4 miles away); For God and Country (approx. 1.4 miles away); Purple Heart (approx. 1.4 miles away).

Also see . . . FL I-75 Sumpter County Rest Area Northbound.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

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

Florida Rest Areas website entry (Submitted on May 17, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 17, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 190 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 17, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.

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