Historical Marker
The Dixie Doughboy
Historical marker location:
400 S Sykes Creek Pkwy, Merritt Island, Florida
( Memorial can be reached from the intersection of South Sykes Creek Parkway and Fortenberry Road, on the right when traveling north.)
Veterans Memorial Center.
The first European to explore Florida was actually a Spanish sailor named Juan Ponce de León in 1513, not the more well-known Christopher Columbus.