Naval Air Station Stanford Memorial Park

The Naval Air Station at Sanford was opened in 1942 during World War II and trained an estimated 50 percent of naval fighter and bomber pilots during the war. It was decommissioned in 1946, following the end of the war. ...

Lake Charm

Located near Oviedo in Seminole County, Lake Charm served as a popular vacation resort in the late nineteenth century. Lake Charm was first settled in 1868 by Florida's incumbent comptroller and treasurer, Walter Gwynn, along with his family. Gwynn's daughter, ...

Gabriella

Gabriella was a small farming community located between the towns of Jamestown and Goldenrod, on modern day state road 426. The community contained a post office, a general store, and a one room school house, none of which remain today. ...

Florida Land and Colonization Company

The Florida Land and Colonization Company was located in Sanford, Florida in Seminole County. The Company was established by Henry Sanford in 1880, who hoped to use the Company to help sell and develop his land holdings in Florida. The ...

Union Yellow Fever Monument - Key West

Located in Bayview Park, the monument was erected by the State of New York following the Civil War, in memory of the men of the 90th and 91st New York Infantry who perished in Key West in 1862, mainly from ...

Florida Monument - Chickamauga

Fought on September 19-20, 1863, the Battle of Chickamauga was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, with nearly 35,000 Union and Confederate casualties

Seven Florida units participated in the battle and suffered over 550 dead, wounded, missing, ...

Commander Clyde Lassen

U.S. Navy Commander Clyde E. Lassen served his country valiantly as a helicopter pilot during a period of uncertainty and great unrest in America's history. Lassen, a native of Fort Myers, Florida, was born in 1942. Shortly after graduating high ...

Private Rosamond Johnson Jr.

U.S. Army Private Rosamond Johnson, Jr. was one of many African American soldiers who died to protect freedoms that a segregated society often denied them. Born on May 18, 1933, Johnson lied about his age and joined the Army at ...

Sgt. Clifford Chester Sims

SSgt Clifford C. Sims served his country during its time of need and made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the freedoms of this nation. Sims was born on June 18, 1942 in Port St. Joe, FL. In 1955, James and ...

Tech Sgt. Walter A. McClellan

Technical Sergeant Walter Adell McClellan gave his life for his country in World War II and did not return home for the better part of a century. Walter Adell McClellan was born to Amy Elizabeth Raley and Robert Harry McClellan ...