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Palm Harbor in Pinellas County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Captain Dean Parks

 
 
Captain Dean Parks Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Quinton Spiaggi, August 29, 2024
1. Captain Dean Parks Marker
Inscription.

To honor our nation, the freedoms we cherish and the men and women who serve in protecting our freedoms

In loving memory of Captain Dean Parks, who taught hundreds of local youth how to fish

Re-establishment of flagpole, fall 2015
Eagle Scout Project of Alex John Thurin
Troop 434, Palm Harbor, West Central Florida Council
Original flagpole erected in 1986 by the Pilot Club of Palm Harbor

Special thanks to the following, for their generous support of this project:
JTD Enterprises - In Loving Memory of William J DiGiulio
John Thorington • Bob Warner, Perfection Electric
Palm Harbor Rotary Club • The Fran Haasch Law Group
Lifetech Instructional Services • Greater Palm Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce
Tony and Jayne Marino • Palm Harbor Civic Club • Oldcastle Coastal • Palm Harbor Civic Club
Frontier Ready Mix • Flag World of Orlando • P&L Electric • Ground Systems LLC • The Home Depot

 
Erected 2015 by Boy Scout Troop 434.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 28° 4.68′ N, 82° 46.233′ W. Memorial is in Palm Harbor, Florida, in Pinellas County. It is on Florida Avenue. The memorial
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is on the flagpole at Pop Stansell Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 797 Florida Ave, Palm Harbor FL 34683, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rheba Sutton White Chapel (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ozona Village Hall (approx. 0.7 miles away); Gulf Shore Park (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Gulf Shore Park (approx. 1.1 miles away); Site of the Blue Heron Hotel and Faith Mission (approx. 1.2 miles away); Oasis Park (approx. 1.9 miles away); Wall Springs Park History (approx. 2 miles away); The Whitehurst Well Relic of Pioneer Times (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Palm Harbor.
 
Captain Dean Parks Marker looking southeast image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Quinton Spiaggi, August 29, 2024
2. Captain Dean Parks Marker looking southeast
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2024, by Quinton Spiaggi of Palm Harbor, Florida. This page has been viewed 208 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 29, 2024, by Quinton Spiaggi of Palm Harbor, Florida. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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