(Front face)
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[Crossed Sabres Emblem]
1st U.S. Volunteer
Cavalry Regiment
Rough Riders Park
Dedicated March 1, 2003
Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
(Top Plaque)"You Triumphed Over Obstacles
Which Would Have Overcome Men
Less Brave and Determined"
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? President McKinley
[Emblem of Hiker of '98]
Presented by
National Auxiliary
United Spanish War Veterans
To The City Of Tampa, Florida
at the fourty-sixth National Convention
October 9-13, 1949
This Historical Bronze Plaque was removed
from the Tampa City Hall Site and placed
on this monument March 1, 2003
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??This memorial monument honors President Theodore Roosevelt and members of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, known as the "Rough Riders". The City of Tampa was selected as the assembly and embarkation site of the U.S. Military in the 1898 Spanish American War. The bronze plaque honors all the Spanish American War veterans.
??This memorial monument and naming of this park honors the Tampa's "Rough Riders" organization, founded in 1978, formed for the purpose of creating and perpetuating a living memorial honoring the 1898 Spanish American War Rough Riders.
??This memorial monument unveiled March 1, 2003 (Tampa's Rough Riders 25th anniversary) contains a time capsule with historical events of that day's celebration and the past yesteryears dating back to 1898. Included are memoirs of individual members in the Tampa's organization Rough Riders of present day March 1, 2003. The monument will be reopened in the year 2028 which commemorates Tampa's organization Rough Riders' 50th anniversary.
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The Rough Riders organization thanks HARTline, the
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority,
and Executive Director Sharon Dent for the
permission to name this park "Rough Riders Park".
The Rough Riders organization thanks the City of Tampa and Mayor Dick Greco for proclaiming March 1, 2003 as "Rough Riders Day".
(West face)
Rough Riders'
Historical Park Monument
and Time Capsule Committee
Members
Wilfred Ramos Sr. ?? Chairman
Angel M. Bustelo ???? Dan Ulrich
George P. Conlan ???? Joseph G. Dato Jr.
George A. Pollock Sr. ???? Dominick J. Ginex
Richard N. Pazos ???? Frank J. Carson
Charles G. Spicola Jr. ?? Founder
2003 Term Year
President ?? Robert Alorda Jr.
Chairman ?? William B. Iler Jr.
Granite monument donated, fabricated & installed by
Ramos Marble & Granite, Inc. ?? Tampa, Florida
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