Ruskin in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

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

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 or 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 suiter 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 Transportation.

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

Location. 27° 41.54′ N, 82° 25.238′ W. Memorial is in Ruskin, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It can be reached from Interstate 75 at milepost 238, 2½ miles south of College Avenue (Florida Route 674), on the right when traveling south. Located at the Ruskin Rest Area. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Ruskin FL 33570, 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 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 7 miles of this

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marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Florida Honors and Remembers our POW's and MIA's (approx. 0.7 miles away); Ruskin College President's Home (approx. 1.8 miles away); Miracle at Cockroach Bay The Leisey Shell Fossils (approx. 4.4 miles away); Sun City Center (approx. 4½ miles away); Staking Their Claim (approx. 4.9 miles away); Landing in La Florida (approx. 5 miles away); Do You See a Manatee? (approx. 6.8 miles away); Listen carefully to hear a manatee! (approx. 6.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ruskin.

Also see . . . I-75 Southbound Mile 238 Rest Area. (Submitted on November 10, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

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

Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 10, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 132 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 10, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.