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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9TZ_cradle-of-cuban-liberty_Tampa-FL.html
On this corner was located El Liceo Cubano,a tobacco stripping house converted into aCuban social center in 1886. This is the cradleof Cuban independence. Here, on Nov. 26-27,1891, Jose Marti delivered the two speeches,"Con Todos y Para Todos" and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9T8_tampa-pow-mia_Tampa-FL.html
Throughout history we have answeredour country's call to arms,for freedom, for justice,for self-determination of an ally,we have served, and sometimes paidin grim coin the price exacted,
Through no fault of ours, somehow we are lefton foreign s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9PC_the-salvation-army_Tampa-FL.html
Opened at this location1893byCaptain Wilbur HallandLieutenant Fred Weller
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9FZ_attempt-on-the-life-of-jose-marti_Tampa-FL.html
In a small isolated cottage located in thisvicinity, an attempt to poison Jose Marti, the leader of the Cuban Insurrection of1895, was made by two Spanish agents.Marti's intuition saved his life. The traitorsrepented and Marti forgave them.
Two…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9D9_jos-mart_Tampa-FL.html
( Spanish )Desde esta escalinataEn el A?o 1893Jos? Mart?Aptol de la Libertadde CubaCon elocuentes palabraspidi? a los tabaquerosCubanos emigrados que leayudasen a conquistar laindependencia de su pa,aportando hombres, armasy dinero.Muchos obreros …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9AJ_camp-murphy-site_Hobe-Sound-FL.html
In 1942 the federal government opened Camp Murphy. It was the home of the Southern Signal Corps School during World War II and served as a U.S. Army base for instruction in radar operation in the early course of the war. The post was named in hono…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9AG_jonathan-dickinson-shipwreck_Jupiter-FL.html
Three miles to the east on September 23, 1696, the British barkentine Reformation foundered off Jupiter Island. The 24 survivors included a party of Quakers bound from Jamaica to Pennsylvania. Leader of the Quakers was Jonathan Dickinson who descr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9AF_ft-jupiter-jupiter-lighthouse_Jupiter-FL.html
Fort Jupiter was located three miles west on Loxahatchee River, erected January 1838 by troops commanded by Major General Thomas S. Jessup, establishing base for operations in the Seminole Indian Wars.
Jupiter Lighthouse, approximately one mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9AB_site-of-survivors-and-salvagers-camp_Vero-Beach-FL.html
Late in July, 1715, a hurricane destroyed a fleet of eleven or possibly twelve homeward bound merchant ships carrying cargoes of gold and silver coinage and other valuable items from the American colonies to Spain. About 1500 men, women, and child…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9AA_fellsmere-veterans-memorial_Fellsmere-FL.html
To honor those who served our country,guarding our shores in times of war and peace.