Pledge of Allegiance
by Ewingjr98
A
plaque located
along Bayshore
Avenue in South
Tampa, memorializes
the writer of the
Pledge of of
Allegiance,
and it reads:
I Pledge Allegiance...
Francis J. Bellamy, called "the most neglected
patriot in American history," wrote the immortal
words of the Pledge of Allegiance to the
American Flag, while an editor on the magazine
Youth Companion in 1892. He lived in Tampa
and work as advertising manager for Tampa
Electric Co. in his sunset years. He died here
August 28, 1931. The Tampa Tribune editorialized
"The Pledge of Allegiance of Francis Bellamy
will go on through centuries serving the
nation he loved."
Yankee Complex - Home of the GCL Yankees
by Ewingjr98
The Gulf Coast League Yankees are the New York York Yankees' Rookie League affiliate, and they play their home games at Yankee Complex in Tampa.
Yankees Complex is a small complex consisting of four ball fields. The GCL Yankees play their games on Field 1, just off Dale Mabry Drive. This field has just one set of wooden bleachers that might seat 200 on a good day... very small compared to the GCL Braves' field which seats some 10,000 people. During our visit to Yankee Complex to see the Yanks play the GCL Pirates, maybe 25 people showed up and the crowd was deathly silent. So quiet we could hear every word when Pirates' manager Tom Prince chewed out the second base umpire.
The Gulf Coast League was founded in 1964 and it consists of 16 teams in three divisions. Each team plays 60 games throughout the summer before a short postseason to determine the league champion.
Entry to most GCL games is free, there are no concessions, and the stands at the smaller fields offer no shade from the hot Florida summer sun.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
by tampa_shawn
Not the typical Tampa tourist site that is in the neighboring town of Clearwater. This facilities rescues and rehabilitates ill and injured fish, mammals, birds, reptiles...
Costs $9 for adults, $6 for children 3 to 13 yrs - $ goes to supporting the animals
there is also an optional eco-boat tour that will let you see how the aquarium rescues local marine life and sea turtles
Open
9 to 5 Monday to Friday
9 to 4 Saturdays
11 to 4 Sunday
Once in Clearwater, take SR 60 west (Gulf to Bay Blvd.) until you reach Memorial Causeway, which leads to Clearwater Beach.
Proceed across the Causeway until you reach the traffic light at Island Way - which is Island Estates subdivision.
Turn right into Island Estates, then left at the single flashing light. You're now on Windward Passage heading west.
249 Windward Passage
Clearwater, Florida U.S.A.
33767-2244
Links to Everything Outside in Tampa
by tampa_shawn
I'll add to this as time goes on - but these sites are great resources
Tampa Bay Group of the Sierra Club – www.sierraclub.org/chapters/fl/tampabay/
Audubon of Florida – www.audubonofflorida.org
Florida Trail Association – www.florida-trail.org
Florida on line Park Guide - http://www.floridastateparks.org/FindaParkRegion.cfm?Dist=Central
All Florida Greenways and trails - http://www.tampagov.net/dept_parks/trails/more.asp
Casino
by priscila_h about Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino
I personally don't like casinos, but if you do, you can visit the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino here in Tampa! You can go during the day and dress casual, but if you go in the evening wear a nice night outfit.
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