World War II

Historical marker location:

Daytona Beach, Florida

( Memorial is on Silver Beach Avenue, 0.2 miles west of South Peninsula Drive, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2020

1941 - 1946. Tom Staed Veterans Memorial Bridge.

The Fountain of Youth, a legendary spring that was believed to grant eternal youth to those who drank from it, was thought to be located in Florida. Juan Ponce de León is said to have been searching for it when he discovered the land that would become Florida.