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camp sparkman to host militia

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by TBHC @ 10:28 am

100 years ago…

August 4, 1906 – Adjutant-General J. C. R. Foster of the Florida State Militia (precursor to today’s Florida National Guard) arrives in Tampa to plan for a statewide gathering of the militia. Over 1,500 men were expected during the two-day encampment, which would take place in Camp Sparkman, located just west of the State Fair Grounds (on the other side of present-day North Boulevard near the University of Tampa).

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

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