Tierra Verde in Pinellas County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Spanish American War Memorial

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, February 4, 2015

1. Spanish American War Memorial

Inscription. May 11, 1963
This park is gratefully dedicated
in memory of the
American Patriots
who served their country during the
Spanish American War
1898

Erected 1963.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Spanish-American.

Location. 27° 36.933′ N, 82° 44.14′ W. Marker is in Tierra Verde, Florida, in Pinellas County. Memorial can be reached from Anderson Boulevard (State Highway 679) 1½ miles west of Pinellas Bayway South, on the left when traveling west. Memorial is located within Fort De Soto Park, just north of the Gulf Fishing Pier parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3500 Pinellas Bayway South, Saint Petersburg FL 33715, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Fort De Soto Batteries and Military Post (here, next to this marker); 12-inch Seacoast Mortar: Model 1890-M1 (within shouting distance of this marker); Spanish-American War Cannons from Egmont Key (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort De Soto Quartermaster Storehouse Museum (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tierra Verde Mound

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(approx. 3.8 miles away); USCGC Blackthorn Bow Anchor (approx. 4.3 miles away); Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse (approx. 4.3 miles away); Florida Honors and Remembers our POW’s and MIA’s (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tierra Verde.

Also see . . . Fort De Soto, Florida. Fort De Soto was a coastal defense post on Mullet Key in Tampa Bay, Florida built during the Spanish-American War. (Submitted on April 8, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Spanish American War Memorial (<i>marker visible a base of flag pole</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, February 4, 2015

2. Spanish American War Memorial (marker visible a base of flag pole)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 9, 2019. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 8, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.