Havana in Gadsden County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Purple Heart

Killed in Action

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 22, 2024

1. Purple Heart Memorial (north side)

Inscription.
[north side]
Havana remembers those who paid the ultimate price in defense of America, its values, and interestsWorld War II
US Army
Sylvester P. Hamilton • Guy Jones, Jr. • Sam Ray Jones • Ralph Overstreet • Paul B. Peavy • William Howard Shelfer • Cecil J. Snow

US Navy
Walter D. Freeman • William L. (Roscoe) Watson[south side]Korean War
US Army
Fred L. Poppell • Pervis Wester

Vietnam War
US Army
William N. (Billy) Scott[west side]The Price of Freedom
Vigilance
Commitment
Sacrifice

Shakespeare:
“Had I a dozen sons, each in my love alike — I had rather eleven die nobly
for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.”[east side]An Epitaph
For your tomorrow, we gave our today.

The Young Dead Soldiers “Our deaths are not ours; they are yours; they will mean what you make them. Whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and new hope or for nothing we cannot say; it is you who must say this. We leave you our Deaths. Give them their meaning… Remember us.”
—Archibald MacLeish

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.

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In addition, it is included in the Military Order of the Purple Heart series list.

Location. 30° 37.62′ N, 84° 24.698′ W. Memorial is in Havana, Florida, in Gadsden County. It is at the intersection of 5th Avenue East (County Highway 12) and 2nd Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east on 5th Avenue East. The memorial is on the east side of the Havana Public Library, in Havana Community Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 203 5th Avenue East, Havana FL 32333, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Tallahassee

and on the Florida Panhandle.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep 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 4 miles

Purple Heart Memorial (<i>south side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 22, 2024

2. Purple Heart Memorial (south side)

of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Price of Freedom Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); POW★MIA (here, next to this marker); Havana High School Site (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Town of Havana (approx. 0.3 miles away); Old Spanish Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Planters Exchange (approx. 0.3 miles away); Vickers Cemetery (approx. 2.2 miles away); Dr. Malcolm Nicholson Home (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Havana.

Purple Heart Memorial (<i>west side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 22, 2024

3. Purple Heart Memorial (west side)

Purple Heart Memorial (<i>east side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 22, 2024

4. Purple Heart Memorial (east side)

Purple Heart Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 22, 2024

5. Purple Heart Memorial

Havana Community Park is in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 12, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.