Emory L. Bennett Park

Historical marker location:

121 Sams Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

( Memorial is on Sams Avenue, 0.1 miles south of Julia Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1994

Florida was once a Spanish colony for over 250 years, from 1565 to 1821, before being ceded to the United States as part of the Adams-Onís Treaty.