Tampa's 203 mm Spanish American War Gun

( North face )

This spot was headquarters

for Roosevelt Rough Riders,

Wheeler Cavalry and the

First Florida Troops 1898

( Northeast face )

This war brought the blue

of the cold bleak north and

the gray of the sunny south

into one great brotherhood and

liberty to an oppressed people

( East face )

Remember the Maine

( Southeast face )

[ Portrait ]

Admiral George Dewey

Victor of the Battle of Manilla Bay May 1 1898

( South face )

Erected here in 1927 by

Gen. Joe Wheeler Camp No.2

Dept of Florida, U.S.W.V.

( Southwest face )

Presented to Tampa as a

Memorial to those who

served in the war with Spain

(West face )

This gun erected at

Fort Dade for the

defense of Tampa in 1898

(Northwest face )

Committee

Chairman, Adjutant W.E. Clum

Past Dept. Com. W.A. Joughin

Camp. Com. James R. Brown

Past Com's Ed. Kane- J.W. Sullivan

Honory Member. D.B. McKay

Marker is on West Kennedy Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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