Florida Key’s Historic Army Memorial

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February 1, 2025 · 9:38 pm

Florida Key’s Historic Army Memorial

Welcome to the Florida Key’s Historic Army Memorial devoted to this metropolis’s function in our nations army conflicts and people who gave their lives in its protection.

As soon as known as the “Gibraltar of America”, Key West occupies a significant strategic place in protection of the USA. Key West was an outpost lengthy earlier than it turned a civilized group. The forts at East Martello, West Martello, Fort Zachary Taylor and Fort Jefferson attest to this areas strategic worth. Army personnel reached its peak in Key West with 15,000 servicemen in World Struggle II. Represented in a time-line (L to R) every pedestal options an illustration with textual content and images addressing every army motion starting with the Anti-piracy Marketing campaign, Seminole Indian Struggle, Civil Struggle, Spanish-American Struggle, World Struggle I, World Struggle II, Cuban Missile Disaster, Chilly Struggle and the Drug Struggle which continues as we speak. In every of those conflicts, army forces primarily based in Key West performed a significant function in coaching and in operations towards the enemy on land, sea and within the air.

You could find the Army Memorial as far south as you may go in Key West at Mallory Sq. and sure it’s FREE and value half-hour of your time whenever you’re in that space.

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